Re: % is not a valid unit for border-width

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>wrote:

> Issue: I want to use <technology> in all browsers, but it's not available
> yet.
> Proposal: Add <technology> via <new mechanism not yet specified>.
> Counter: Why not use <technology> via <existing specified mechanism that
> is already agreed upon>?
> Response: Because it's not supported in all browsers.
>

Yeah, we see this a lot, along with the related "some browsers have a bug
that makes <feature> unusable for my needs, so I propose adding <new
feature> to satisfy my needs".

*Sometimes* this actually makes some sense, if the original <feature> is
very difficult to implement correctly. Usually it doesn't.

In this case, calc() and box-sizing are fine solutions to the problem,
although we should fix that outline behavior in Firefox as well.

Rob
-- 
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not
in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us
our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not
sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us." [1 John
1:8-10]