- From: Jordan Reiter <jreiter@mail.slc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:42:45 -0400
- To: marduk <marduk@gte.net>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
At 5:33 AM -0000 8/27/97, marduk wrote: >On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Jordan Reiter wrote: > >> I would like to voice my support for the proposals for the addition of >> the uses of environmental variables to CSS >> (http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-css-potential#pgfId=1029312). It offers a >> great potential to both authors and users, but users particularly. >> Rather than having to rely on the application itself to define how >> various items were rendered, the user would be able to define it using >> CSS. And if we want users to begin using CSS themselves on a large >> scale (rather than only having web authors use it), this is a powerful >> way to get them involved. > >Most of them appear useful, however what would $DWIDTH/$DHEIGHT be if the >user were not using a traditional "display"? If the user were not using a traditional display, then properties such as WIDTH, HEIGHT, etc. wouldn't be relevant anyway. Obviously, the advantage of CSS is that it can be developed media-specific--visual, aural, printing, etc. -------------------------------------------------------- [ Jordan Reiter ] [ mailto:jreiter@mail.slc.edu ] [ "You can't just say, 'I don't want to get involved.' ] [ The universe got you involved." --Hal Lipset, P.I. ] --------------------------------------------------------
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