Move over Flash, here comes CSS

Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009

I've just been pointed (via Ajaxian) in the direction of an incredible new demo of the capabilities of 3D CSS transforms in the latest version of Webkit, the HTML and JavaScript processing software which lies inside Safari, Google Chrome and a host of other web browsers.

The demo, named Snow Stack, is an impressive example of how advanced new CSS and JavaScript capabilities can be used to implement the kinds of visual effects that were previously only possible with Flash or special plugins like Cooliris. The Snow Stack demo is itself very much reminiscent of Cooliris so if you're running a beta of Mac OS X Snow Leopard or have the latest nightly release of Webkit installed, it's definitely worth checking it out.

If you don't have either of the above, Ajaxian have a YouTube video of the demo here which will give you some idea of how it looks working in a real web browser.

As impressive as the demo is, the 3D CSS transforms and JavaScript used in the demo are not yet implemented in any web browsers so don't expect to see this turn up in Pixaria Gallery just yet!

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