Anthony Parsons
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That is so far from accurate, its not funny.and forget about backwards compatibility to older browsers (Only the newest versions within the last year support gradients and other CSS3 methods).
Firefox 3.6 supported gradient. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_firefox.asp (2 years now)
Safari 4. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_safari.asp (3 years now)
Google Chrome has pretty much always supported it.
Intenet Explorer 5.5 started to support css gradient.
The ease of "webkit" gradient, being a single line or two, that is newer browsers (still some are two years + now), though gradient has been capable in CSS for years... you just had to write a bit more in order to get it to work and hack it for each browser, thus a simple .png gradient has been easier and less time consuming.
Those who don't really write code, instead opt to just accept what a WYSIWYG software program outputs (Dreamweaver, etc), then you may not know such things, which is understandable as most designers don't really "learn" HTML & CSS nowadays, they just learn how to design graphics in a WYSIWYG program that outputs fairly friendly, CSS based code for use. Most designers are graphic designers after all.
Good point about mockups... though not what I was referring to for illustrative purposes vs. actual live sites.
It was also a general statement Forsaken, not a "You must change" statement or such, nor was it directed. So please feel free to stick your sarcasm where it fits.