Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:17:45 -0700
Message-Id: <5D4F774F-59A3-4437-9A4F-1ABB14340489@gmail.com>
Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
To: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>
On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com> wrote: > Brad: >> What I think we should consider is that closest-side should not make the gradient smaller. >> The way this would work is that 'closest-side' would not consider the side(s) that you've >> offset the gradient towards when determining which is closer, and the gradient would >> get clipped instead. > > I wish the image would load for me. :( > > Nonetheless, as you've described it, the proposed behavior wouldn't be "closest-side" anymore. It would be "closest-side-except-this-one-here" Right. > which I find confusing at best. I find the current behavior of shrinking the gradient as you move it off center unintuitive. It even threw Tab off a couple days ago, when (in person, not on the list) he suggested that 'top left, cover circle' would result in a quarter-radial gradient that went from one side to the other, as a quarter circle (I corrected him). With my proposed change, it would do so, and avoid the degenerative effect that requires a special explanation in the spec. Let's see if this attachment fares any better.
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