Upgrade to 1.0 and switch clients to dom-repeat where needed.

third_party/polymer/v0_8/components-chromium/paper-styles/shadow.html

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 <link rel="import" href="../polymer/polymer.html">
 
-<style is="x-style">
+<style is="custom-style">
 
-
-  * {
+  :root {
 
     --shadow-transition: {
       transition: box-shadow 0.28s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
     };
 
     /* from http://codepen.io/shyndman/pen/c5394ddf2e8b2a5c9185904b57421cdb */
 
     --shadow-elevation-2dp: {
       box-shadow: 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14),
                   0 1px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12),
                   0 3px 1px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
     };
 
     --shadow-elevation-3dp: {
       box-shadow: 0 3px 4px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14),
                   0 1px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12),
-                  0 3px 3px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+                  0 3px 3px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
     };
 
     --shadow-elevation-4dp: {
       box-shadow: 0 4px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14),
                   0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12),
-                  0 2px 4px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+                  0 2px 4px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
     };
 
     --shadow-elevation-6dp: {
       box-shadow: 0 6px 10px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14),
                   0 1px 18px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12),
-                  0 3px 5px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+                  0 3px 5px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
     };
 
     --shadow-elevation-8dp: {
       box-shadow: 0 8px 10px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14),
                   0 3px 14px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12),
-                  0 5px 5px -3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+                  0 5px 5px -3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
     };
 
     --shadow-elevation-16dp: {
       box-shadow: 0 16px 24px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14),
                   0  6px 30px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12),
-                  0  8px 10px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+                  0  8px 10px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
     };
 
   }
 
 </style>