- From: Christopher Tom <cctom@hawaii.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:17:43 -1000
- To: www-style@w3.org
The existence of deployed content would make it more than simple implementation, but how would dependence on existing functionality negate the viability of a different specification which provides the same functionality? Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:48:42 +0100, Christopher Tom > <cctom@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: >> I don't think the simple existence of implementations necessarily >> makes a difference. > > It does. It means there may be deployed content which relies on > existing functionality. > > >> Implement the new specification and the point becomes moot. > > See above. > > As I understand it, Internet Explorer's implementation of vertical text is based on Microsoft extensions to CSS. Even if CSS adopts a different specification, support for these extensions could continue in a way which is transparent to the user. > (Now it's not entirely clear what this thread is exactly about, but > for vertical text Internet Explorer has got things working. And that's > been deployed for quite some time now.) > > > --Anne van Kesteren > <http://annevankesteren.nl/> > <http://www.opera.com/> >
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