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Gradient makes it easy to generate CSS3 background gradients. The retro sci-fi UI might not be to everyone’s taste, but in practice it’s simple to use, fast and reliable.

For those unfamiliar with CSS and wondering why you’d need a dedicated app for something as seemingly simple as a gradient, here’s the code required to get the grey-to-black fade shown above working across all the popular browsers:


background-color: #dbcfdb;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left center, right center, to(rgb(219, 207, 219)), from(rgb(61, 61, 60)));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#dbcfdb', EndColorStr='#3d3d3c');

Gradient makes it easy to generate CSS3 background gradients. The retro sci-fi UI might not be to everyone’s taste, but in practice it’s simple to use, fast and reliable.

For those unfamiliar with CSS and wondering why you’d need a dedicated app for something as seemingly simple as a gradient, here’s the code required to get the grey-to-black fade shown above working across all the popular browsers:

background-color: #dbcfdb;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left center, right center, to(rgb(219, 207, 219)), from(rgb(61, 61, 60)));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
background-image: linear-gradient(left, rgb(219, 207, 219), rgb(61, 61, 60));
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#dbcfdb', EndColorStr='#3d3d3c');