DUE Sunday, Feb 26 – 2 points
(Monday NOON deadline)

This assignment covers CSS3, the new specification that is currently in development for one of the web technologies we discussed this semester.

• Introduction to CSS3
  This series of six short posts provides some good information about CSS3. It was written two years ago, so a lot has changed in the details and in how much CSS3 each browser supports. But this is still a really good introduction to what CSS3 is about and why it is important.

  • Introduction to CSS3 – Part 1: What is it?
  • Introduction to CSS3 – Part 2: Borders
  • Introduction to CSS3 – Part 3: Text Effects
  • Introduction to CSS3 – Part 4: User Interface
  • Introduction to CSS3 – Part 5: Multiple Columns
  • Introduction to CSS3 – Part 6: Backgrounds

Once you have watched or read these materials, you will need to take a quiz of ten true-false questions. (These questions will be randomly selected from the questions below. You can retake the quiz up to five times. Don’t stress about getting 100% on these quizzes: if you get 80% or better, you will be ready to proceed to the next activity and I will give you full credit.)

All questions should be prefaced with an understood, “According to the author of the material … “:

1. T/F? Because the original CSS specification was too large, with CSS3 the specification has been divided into modules.
2. T/F? The deadline for browsers to have full CSS3 support is November 5, 2011.
3. T/F? When CSS3 is fully supported, web designs built using CSS2 will stop functioning; they will need to be rebuilt.
4. T/F? In CSS3, borders can be styled with images and with gradients.
5. T/F? In CSS3, elements have eight borders: the four from CSS2 (top, right, bottom, left) plus four others (like top-left) that can create an octagon effect.
6. T/F? In CSS3, text can be made to look hollow using this declaration — text-style: outline;
7. T/F? Firefox was the first browser to support Web Fonts.
8. T/F? In CSS3, a visitor to your site can resize any control using this declaration — resize: both;
9. T/F? In CSS3, outline is similar to border but an outline takes up no space.
10. T/F? In CSS3, you can use multiple backgrounds to achieve effects with one HTML element that previously required multiple elements.

DUE Sunday, Feb 26 – 2 points
(Monday NOON deadline)