Re: radial-gradient() proposal

aargh. I really meant that x points right! sorry.

but, yes, y does point down.

dean

On 06/11/2009, at 10:24, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 5, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, where the X-axis points left and the Y-axis points down, and  
>> positive 90deg being the angle taken from the X-axis to the Y-axis  
>> (ie. clockwise).
>
> Well, that's just crazy talk. X-axis points right and Y-axis points  
> up in the geometry textbooks I've seen. Even for background- 
> position, X points right, not left.
>
>> [...]
>> Sorry, I've looked through your emails on this thread and I can't  
>> find the examples on the Web you mention. I see your examples of  
>> documents on the Web, but that's different from deployed Web  
>> technologies
>
> I was referring to the documents on the Web that show the  
> traditional ways of showing a specified direction angle. The ones  
> that would be familiar to anyone, and would not require a complete  
> mental reversal for authoring gradients.