Re: Linear gradients: state of the proposal

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 6, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Simon Fraser wrote:
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> * When the angle form is used, it's unclear if the angle of the rendered
> gradient is invariant under box aspect ratio
> changes <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Nov/0071.html>.
>
> As far as this one goes, I know that what I was proposing there is different
> than what Tab had in mind. However, I believe that by combining the ideas
> of:
>
> requiring a keyword to make the angle invariant (otherwise it is not) and
> the idea of just using angles to indicate direction and
> color-stops for ALL indications of where colors begin or end),
>
> ...that we would have a much, much simpler, easier to read and understand
> syntax, with less default magic, while sacrificing almost nothing but a few
> edge cases. And that those edge cases could be handled with SVG.
> I would still have the distance measures (50px, for example) as invariant
> (thus a little magic there), as an alternative to percentages that would
> always vary with image size.

I'm not sure I understand how the angle would flex, and currently
believe I would find it *very* confusing if I said "45deg" and ended
up with a gradient that wasn't a straight diagonal.

~TJ