- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:27:24 +0100
- To: www-style@w3.org, Etan Wexler <ewexler@stickdog.com>
- CC: (wrong string) Çelik <tantek@cs.stanford.edu>
On Friday, February 28, 2003, 9:49:24 AM, Etan wrote: EW> Chris Lilley wrote to <www-style@w3.org> on 27 February 2003 in "Re: CSS3 EW> module: Color" (<mid:3569357859.20030227115950@w3.org >): >> JS> If R, G and B can have values from 0.0% to 100.0% percent, then why is A, >> JS> alpha, so limited within the bounds of 0.0 to 1.0, equivanlent to 0% to >> 100% >> JS> in 10% steps. >> >> The precision is not limited to 10% steps. It can be any value, for >> example 0.123456 EW> This is not the first time that this type of confusion has set upon a reader EW> of CSS specifications. We should regard the misinterpretation as a likely EW> product of the current wording. Additional, more varied examples can only EW> help. Prose specifically countering notions of constraints on value steps EW> would be great, too. I agree with all of your points here. -- Chris mailto:chris@w3.org
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