Use CSS3 transitions and CSS2 pseudo-elements to create an animated navigation ribbon with minimal markup. Browser Support IE8 and IE9 do not support CSS3 transitions, so the hover state will not be animated for those browsers. Otherwise it looks and functions the same, which I think is a very acceptable fallback. The HTML <div class='ribbon'> <a href='#'><span>Home</span></a> <a href='#'><span>Ab