If you’ve ever found yourself in the position of needing to place a semi-transparent image or layer on a web page, you’ve probably ended up reading various arcane methods involving 24-bit PNG graphics and proprietary IE AlphaImageLoader expressions. Luckily, there is an easier way; albeit at the expense of valid CSS.
There’s a CSSEdit giveaway going on over at Eighty Seven Four.
“Design beautiful, innovative and fast-loading web sites… with a beautiful, innovative and fast application. CSSEdit’s intuitive approach to style sheets and powerful editing features will make you deliver awesome standards-based sites in no time!”
Brand Spanking New are offering 113 10×10 greyscale icons in .gif format, perfect for use in any of your design projects.
Check them out for an early design christmas present

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