Is Shadowing Worth The Time It Takes To Code?

In a discussion group related to CSS, a person shared a link to some images they created. The images featured CSS tips for blurring shadows around boxes or other static images on a site. One person wanted to know if blurring the shadows uses more resources than just putting the shadows there in the first place. The original poster added that it does seem to require more bandwidth to do that.

Another person commented about it being more shadows, but it is still a relatively low demand site feature. Several people agreed and noted that modern operating systems, browsers and devices are able to handle this with minimal concern. Someone else noted that these shadows are not ADA compliant. They were frustrated by that and wanted to know why somebody would create a feature that isn't inclusive to all.

One person was curious about the demographics of who is using that feature. They also wanted to know how much the shadows made a person want to spend time on the site compared to when the shadows were not blurry. Most people called this a neomorphism and did not like it. They felt like it was something that looks cool to do as a one-off example of CSS options, but they did not see the point of actually implementing it on their sites.

A few people disagreed and liked how it looked overall. They wondered why they had not thought of blurring the edges before. A few people noted that the CSS tips for making the blurred edges could use some better documentation. They also noted that it is more of an option setting rather than really coding a new feature into the layout of a site.

Several people suggested that the blurred shadows would work better with a color modification done at the same time. A couple of people said that just the bright white was jarring to their eyes. Others preferred just the white and said it created a cleaner look that was not as distracting as it would be if the shadows had some other colors mixed in. For more information click here https://i.redd.it/lqoxmg4y40e61.jpg.