- From: Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:38:11 +1100
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org Style" <www-style@w3.org>
On 22/02/2012 4:25 AM, David Singer wrote: > On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:51, Alan Gresley<alan@css-class.com> wrote: >> Once a browser supports a property that is un-prefixed (like >> box-shadow or border-radius), it should drop support for it’s >> prefixed counterpart. > > And a whole bunch of pages that used to work, stop working. No, the pages will still work. Some pages (which should become smaller over time) may not show box-shadow or border-radius. Pages that use just box-shadow and border-radius without vendor prefixes will work just fine. > What's > the corresponding benefit? To allow for CSS standardization to become better. To allow the web implementation community and testing community to move beyond what I see as a critical point in it's evolution. Previous critical points have been in 2008 [1] and 2007 [2]. 1. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/01/21/compatibility-and-ie8.aspx 2. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Apr/0328.html -- Alan Gresley http://css-3d.org/ http://css-class.com/
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