Ribbons are often used in a website’s design. Now we can create these ribbons using different css3 techniques and without images. CSS3 Ribbons create a special 3D perception which is often used in modern designs. read more about creating ribbons in css3

Creating fancy buttons just got more easy with CSS3. You can apply gradients, shadows and corners to elements without using images. Using CSS3 for your buttons make it easy to apply changes like font-size or padding. The techniques used here can be applied to any element such as button, input, a, span, div and so on. read more about css3 button tutorial

With adding shadow effects to text and a box you can eliminate photoshop to create this effect. The CSS shadow effects are more dynamic which makes it more easy to apply changes. The css3 text-shadow is a slightly moved, possible blurred copy of the text. It can be used to give some depth to text or to give it a  glow. Hopefully will this feature not be overused by some of the beginning  web designers.
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