I just came across this article and I thought that it was quite a good read.

http://designinformer.com/use-css3-now/

What are your opinions on the use of CSS3 & lack of support for older browsers?

Interesting share, as I'm starting to design and all this, I don't have a word here. :(

I love the shadow difference, CSS3 is way better indeed.

Thanks for the share.

Mmmmm looks nice, I will look more info about it :)

CSS3 looks pretty impressive. But the fact that is doesn't support older browsers is not pretty good though.

I would definitely use it, but the fact that there are still users of browsers that do not support CSS3 is enough reason for me not to use it =/ Of course, 89% of all the internet users use up to date browsers, but I'm not sure that's good enough. You wouldn't want to lose visitors because their browsers do not support CSS3.

I will stick with CSS2 for a while, and I'm still learning CSS, so maybe I don't have that much say in the matter either =P

I would definitely use it, but the fact that there are still users of browsers that do not support CSS3 is enough reason for me not to use it =/ Of course, 89% of all the internet users use up to date browsers, but I'm not sure that's good enough. You wouldn't want to lose visitors because their browsers do not support CSS3.

That's what the article is about. Don't hold back, use CSS3 to its full extent today. As long as you make sure the design is functional in older browsers it doesn't have to look identical.

;6700151']That's what the article is about. Don't hold back, use CSS3 to its full extent today. As long as you make sure the design is functional in older browsers it doesn't have to look identical.

Although CSS3 is a major improvement from CSS2, a small handful of modern and up-to-date browsers still don't render it correctly. Even Internet Explorer 8 (and of course, previous versions) do not fully support CSS3. More than half of web users use Internet Explorer so that means they also won't be able to fully enjoy the CSS3 elements on your site. Maybe we should just wait for IE9 to come out and see how it handles CSS3 before we take advantage of all its new features.

Maybe we should just wait for IE9 to come out and see how it handles CSS3 before we take advantage of all its new features.

I agree to some extent. Speaking of IE9, check out http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

Most of user's browser new version.

That is so not true it's not funny.
Most office connections are stuck with XP, which means they're using IE6, maybe IE7 (if they're lucky). Unfortunately, this is how the system works.

A LOT of older PC users have software that works with XP but won't with 7 or Vista, so, guess what? They stick with XP. Again, IE6, maybe IE7 if they're lucky. These are not 'newer' browsers by any means.

Since I don't use IE for anything, I'll give IE9 a run, see if it's worth it, but I really doubt they'll convince me to switch from Chrome/Firefox

I think CSS3 is great! I really like the RGBA feature and the box shadow feature! The border-radius is also pretty nifty too... I really wish Opera and IE extended support for CSS3 though...

;6700151']That's what the article is about. Don't hold back, use CSS3 to its full extent today. As long as you make sure the design is functional in older browsers it doesn't have to look identical.

True, but for a newbie like me, having to code one stylesheet for up-to-date browsers, and another for older browsers might mean a lot of extra work. I think I'm to lazy for that =P

I might give CSS3 a shot though, I will probably want its "pliability" in the future.