When @malarkey asked if RGBa worked with -webkit gradients, my own curiosity couldn’t resist a quick and fugly test to see. Yes indeed, it works:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Gradient Test</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
body {
background-color: green;
}
div {
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgba(50,50,50,0.8)), to(rgba(80,80,80,0.2)), color-stop(.5,#333333));
width:80%;
height:5em;
margin:0 auto;
padding:1em;
text-align:center;
color:white;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>Hello World!</div>
</body>
</html>
