Re:Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS var...
by Manishearth on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @01:57PM
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> the vast majority are just aliases for non-webkit-prefixed names
This ignores the history of many of these. The webkit-prefixed names came first, and the standardization folks just decided to make the unprefixed forms work the same way. If Chrome implements something as a prefixed property that folks start to use, standardization will be heavily skewed towards their syntax and semantics.
Also, the document does not include some things like -webkit-gradient which Firefox still implements (though I'd like to try and remove it). -webkit-gradient has more features than standardized foo-gradient and causes some complexities in the Firefox code.
(-webkit-gradient wasn't a Chrome thing, however, it was an Apple thing. There's a long and boring history here)
> but not for the -moz or -ms prefixes?
There aren't (m)any webpages out there using moz/ms-prefixed properties that don't use the webkit or standardized versions too. Also, IIRC Firefox and IE stopped prefixing things earlier on (could be wrong here).
This ignores the history of many of these. The webkit-prefixed names came first, and the standardization folks just decided to make the unprefixed forms work the same way. If Chrome implements something as a prefixed property that folks start to use, standardization will be heavily skewed towards their syntax and semantics.
Also, the document does not include some things like -webkit-gradient which Firefox still implements (though I'd like to try and remove it). -webkit-gradient has more features than standardized foo-gradient and causes some complexities in the Firefox code.
(-webkit-gradient wasn't a Chrome thing, however, it was an Apple thing. There's a long and boring history here)
> but not for the -moz or -ms prefixes?
There aren't (m)any webpages out there using moz/ms-prefixed properties that don't use the webkit or standardized versions too. Also, IIRC Firefox and IE stopped prefixing things earlier on (could be wrong here).