- From: John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:38:04 -0700 (PDT)
- To: koba Mobile2 <koba@antenna.co.jp>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org, howcome@opera.com
Tokushge Kobayashi wrote: > > Implementation cost is one metric, but no the only one. For one, > > there's also a memory cost. I presume you have implemented this so > > that the logical propertie cascade and inherit separately? on a > > per-element basis? And cannot be resolved until you know the > > computed value for 'writing-mode'? If so, the memory use will be > > significant: ~35 property values for every element. > > The requests from end users or market is more important than any > implementation cost or memory cost. Er, no. Specs are always a subset of the complete set of user requsted features. Specs that aren't are a nightmare (see SVG 1.2). Logical properties have been proposed in the context of vertical text as a way of simplifying the task of an author trying create vertical and horizontal layouts with a shared stylesheet. Håkon is merely asking whether this approach is the best way when this many new properties are required. You seem to be demanding a particular solution when you should be showing why logical properties are the better solution. > Your opinion is an excuse from an incompetent implementor. No, it's the concern of an implementor who has a long history of developing browsers for devices that run with restricted memory. John Daggett
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