Yeah, this is so much better
Changes in the filter property syntax
Unfortunately, the original filter syntax was not CSS 2.1 compliant. For example, the equals sign, the colon, and the commas (highlighted in red) are illegal in the following context:
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=80, FinishOpacity=70, Style=2);
Since our CSS parser has been re-designed to comply with standards, the old filter syntax will be ignored as it should according to the CSS Specification. Therefore, it is now required that the defined filter is fully quoted. The proper way of writing out the filter defined above (with changes needed highlighted in green) would be:
-ms-filter: “progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=80, FinishOpacity=70, Style=2)”;
Meanwhile, Firefox 3.1 will add support to actual CSS3 properties, like border-image.
The road to a standards-based web is a long march…
