25 Amazing CSS3 Experimentations and Demos
Published in Web DevelopmentCSS3 is opening up a lot of possibilities for designers and developers. Things that used to require images, JavaScript or Flash can now be done with the power of CSS. Unfortunately, in most cases these developments are more useful for experimentation and learning at this point since they are not supported by all of the major browsers. However, if you’re interested in learning more about the capabilities of CSS3 it can be a valuable use of your time to see what is being done.
In this post we’ll feature 25 experimentations and demos from various designers/developers using CSS3. Some have more practical real-world uses than others, but all of them demonstrate what can be done with CSS3 and some creativity.
Old School Clock with CSS3 and jQuery
A Colorful Clock with CSS & jQuery
Use CSS3 to Create a Dynamic Stack of Index Cards
Experiment: Realistic iPod with CSS3
CSS3 Loading Spinners without Images
CSS3 Background-Clip & @Font-Face
Create a Vibrant Digital Poster Design with CSS3
Multi 3D Cubes with Animation Using CSS
Animations Using CSS Transforms
Easily Turn Your Images into Polaroids with CSS3
jQuery DJ Hero – CSS3 and jQuery Fun
CSS3 Animations Demonstrated with Snow
How to Create Depth and Nice 3D Ribbons Only Using CSS3
Apple’s Navigation Bar Using Only CSS
Rotating Image Gallery Using CSS Transform and Transition
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Amazing Collection.Will try it out soon.Thanks!
If you want some more css3-stuff don’t miss the bouncing navigation or the sliding image-gallery!
We need Safari,Firefox and Chrome:)
Thanks for the post
Thanks for including my “Experiment: Realistic iPod with CSS3″ on the list! I am glad you liked it!
looks great!
Man this effects are just awesome to say the least.I need to get into CSS3 quickly .
I’ve just implemented some -transition in my navbar . But, at least IMHO, the coolest effect is the subtle transition on the links hover. It gives the site an overall sense of calm.
None of these examples work on my computer … css3 has a long way to go before it works in the real world.
Now this is a cool collection, mate.
Thanks for sharing those beauties
Amazing! Nice Collection.
I like the spiderman. Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.
Thanks for share, nice collection…really amazing CSS3
Really amazing, CSS3 is going to redefine webdesign.
Very nice! Really awesome staff.
Great stuff really like these!
Nice experiments!!
Thank you really nice designs
The CSS3 buttons are fantastic, they are much easier than using image sprites.
Thanks for posting.
Some of those are really awesome! Once Internet Explorer 9 arrives, we might actually get the chance to really get to use some of those.
Cool, thanks. They all were great, specially “Use CSS3 to Create a Dynamic Stack of Index Cards”
CSS3 is a great thing. I really hope that newer versions of web browsers will implement a lot of support for it.
I though will probably stick to jQuery for a long time because it works in all browsers, even ie6 and it can do a lot of cool stuff.
Its really great that CSS constantly evolves for the better but lesser browsers such as internet explorer constantly hinders the use of new technology with its poor support. Hopefully ie 9 will support a lot of CSS3 but even if that is the case, ie 6,7 and 8 doesn’t have any support at all for either HTML 5 or CSS3 and it will take a long time until ie8 will be a thing of the past
Looks stunning. HTML has moved to 5 and now its CSS. Great. Need to experiment this as well. Thanks for the article.
When some of these only run in Chrome or Safari on a desktop, we find out how limited the adoption of HTML5 and CSS3 really are.
Most of these are sort of like the news story about the university team that discovered something that will change our lives forever, but right now they can only make a gram of it at a time and it’s really expensive. It won’t actually change everyone’s lives until they can figure out how to make tons of it at pennies a gram, then secure funding to build the factory, deal with environmentalists who want them to build their factory 400 feet to the right of where they’ve planned because it encroaches on a patch of endangered Dickweed, etc., etc.
It’s just hard to get excited over most of this because it doesn’t have a lot of practical application right now.
@ Greg Bulmash
You are right. Also think about the large company who “by shady means” has got monopoly on the market and tries to sabotage the new fantastic findings because they fear better competition.
Greg,
For right now, yes, I agree that the practical use is limited. However, in this industry I think it is necessary to be aware of changes and upcoming changes.
@ Vandelay Website Design
What do you think about compatibility issues with old or not good enough browsers? What I am getting at is the issue that even if my customer has the best and latest browser installed, a big portion of his or her target audience probably don’t, a lot of them maybe even use an old browser like ie6 for instance.
I have red that the new coming ie9 lacks in support for HTML 5 for instance. When will it be safe to use HTML 5, CSS 3 and other great new technology? Perhaps first when it already is outdated.
Great stuff really like these!
Amazing collection. Thanks
HAHA，That is so original , I like it
I really admire all those designs!
Amazing works…
Definitely is original work, only wish I was a pro with CSS stuff. CSS was never my forte.
You really make the web world more interesting by this cool designs. Truly awesome. Thanks for sharing all these.
This is a great collection, there are so many CSS3 specific articles nowadays… can’t wait until its mainstream. Mostly because of clients being unhappy when they see their website in Internet Explorer… it holds me back from going all out.
My favorite is the 3d cubes
Thank you for your article. Amazing collection
these great article helps me to made some experiment check it out is very experimental
http://bergb.com/blog/creating-progress-bar-using-css-and-bit-jquery
sorry for promo it is really awesome
I am writing an article on CSS so this is totally helpful!
Thank so much for this great article
Gotta love what you can do with CSS3!