- From: Michael Hamm <msh210@is7.nyu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:26:36 -0500 (EST)
- To: www-style@w3.org
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Matthew Brealey wrote, in part:
> > I think it would be good to have monochrome and color print and screen
> > media. Just one example, off the top of my head:
> >
> > dfn{color:black;background-color:#ffa;font-style:normal}
> > in the color-screen and color-print media and
> > dfn{font-style:italic}
> > in the monochrome-print and monoschrome-screen medium.
>
> Personally (and incidentally) I consider it the height of rudeness to
> include colours in print style sheets.
I fail to see why. Especially with the above idea implemented.
> If there was to be such a media option, UAs should have a 'treat printer
> as monochrome' option to block the use of colour.
>
> In addition, I think that a better name structure would be
> PRIMARYMEDIA_ATTRIBUTE.
>
> For example, media="print_mono"
(And he explained why.)
Seems good to me.
Michael Hamm
BA, Math, Sept. '00
msh210@nyu.edu
http://www.crosswinds.net/~msh210/
Received on Wednesday, 16 February 2000 10:26:38 UTC