- From: Simon Proctor <simon.proctor@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:39:09 +0000
- To: www-style@w3.org
Apologies that this is not linked directly to the previous posts, I joined the list this morning after coming up with an idea that I thought would be useful going forward. Then I searched the list archives to find the idea had already been argued over in the 'Proposal fro @ua' thread. In which case I'd like to simplify my argument to an agreement with the idea of a 'supports()' value in the @media syntax. Whilst I realise this will not cover the possibility of a user agent claiming support for a property but not providing full support it would help designers cope with backwards compatibility whilst still making use of new standards earlier. One excellent case in point is the recommendations for Multi Column Layout [1] and Grid Positioning [2] by testing for support of the 'columns' property you can write code for user agents that support the first and by testing for 'columns' and 'grid-columns' you can add extra styling for user agents that also support Grid Positioning. Whilst this will still bring up the issue of different agents support different properties differently I think it would be very helpful going forward. Thanks for your time. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-css3-multicol-20051215/ [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-grid-20070905/ -- Simon Proctor Cognoscite aliquid novum cotidie
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