Re: 300x150 px defaults too aggressive

Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Watt wrote:
>> If we were to change the 'height' attribute in my example to have a 
>> percentage value then whether 150px or the percentage value is used 
>> would depend on whether the SVG spec says percentage values are 
>> intrinsic or not.
> 
> Actually, if "height" had a percentage value, wouldn't the replaced 
> element have an intrinsic ratio (the ratio of the two percentages)?  Or 
> are they not used that way?

No, percentages can't define ratios. :) Consider, for example, a 100% by
100% image being rendered inside a 2:1 rectangle vs a 1:1 rectangle.

~fantasai