Achieving white opacity effect in html/css

Question

is there a way to achieve this effect in a cross-browser compatible way without having to prepare separated images?

Basically the frame on which text lays has a white ov

Answer 1

Try RGBA, e.g.

div { background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); }

As always, this won't work in every single browser ever written.