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Re: selector negation (was: Re: New version of the Selectors module of CSS3)

From: Daniel Glazman <glazou_2000@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 07:50:47 +0200
Message-ID: <39E2AE37.5090104@yahoo.fr>
To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
CC: Jonas Sicking <sicking@bigfoot.com>, www-style@w3.org 
Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:

> I really don't like a 'not-' prefix as a generic modifier.
> What about a suffix pseudo-class?
> 
>   p:contains("foo"):not


Woof :-(

I think this is definitely unreadable, that no beginner will ever
understand and use it correctly.

Sorry, but this is IMHO a really bad idea.

</Daniel>


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