Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Opacity Problem for IE8 and lower Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 22:37:04 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 54 Message-ID: <1797865.JuZzEBx2jk@PointedEars.de> References: <1469414.X9OfJ2x7EV@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1401482226 30905 eJwFwQERADEIAzBL5aGFyYHt8C/hE7pMN0NUcLmJy6kKt3l0ALZeuvHWoO2DU1+WTQLNUf8C+xAx (30 May 2014 20:37:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 20:37:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.12.4 X-User-ID: eJwNxsEBwCAIA8CVwBDQcQBl/xHaex3h6h3mdONwwLX/b3tFOzZAs5cgb0CusAv1bDQ98tR0iBpi80JSyPcBMh4Uxg== Face: 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 X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. Thomas said: There are many Thomases out there. Please provide full (sufficient) attribution; see above. >> You should either read Flanagan's book again > > I did, and on Pg 368 of his 5th edition I found : > > filter: alpha(opacity=75) ; > > as a CSS3 style.for IE versions >= 8 > > but no use of this 'filter' in JS/ES But by contrast to ECMAScript implementations, CSS is a style-sheet language, not a programming language. So the syntax must be and is different there. How you can script those properties is explained in the MSDN Library, among many other places. >> or (which I recommend) dump it > > I have also purchased Alex Rauschmeyer's 'Speaking Javascript' where > 'filter' is not mentioned, but I'm getting a better understanding of JS > objects in that book though. With a more thorough review that may be worth adding to the FAQ. >> as it cannot be that good a book on the subject if it did not tell you >> that there has to be an "alpha" function/method in order for that >> assignment to work "unquoted". (As most certainly there is not, a >> ReferenceError exception is thrown.�) >> >> That the book is bad has been demonstrated before; however, you have >> demonstrated before to be a slow learner as well. > > Yes, I did have a hard two years getting my M.Sc in Computing Science > and publishing my thesis (On the Detection of Edges in Pictures) at the > University of Alberta in 1973. […] Congratulations. I was referring to Web development in particular, though. I might have misremembered. > As usual, thank you for your deeper insights into JS/ES ! You are welcome. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.