h5bp/html5please — Issue #107: Should "background-image options" really be a "use"?
Author: JustinAngel
Created: 2012-01-25 20:55:51+00:00
State: open

It's got less <70% overall adoption with IE8 (and under) not supporting it. I'm not sure if ignoring 30%+ of web users is really an option for most devs. It really depends on what the bar html5please uses to determine "use" vs. "avoid". Is there such a numeric boundary or precedence?

Would it make sense to change it to "caution"? Maybe add a link to some of the more common hacks recreating "background-image options" in older browsers? I don't think there's a polyfill for that could replicate with reasonable fidelity "background-image options" in IE8, which is why I'm suggesting "caution" vs. "use with polyfill".