Re: [css-shapes] Functional Notation

> On Oct 3, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com> wrote:
> 
> I think this is the best summation of the choice between the two options
> we're considering. Do we want SVG-similarity for <basic-shape>, or
> CSS-similarity?

Speaking for all of us who never really learned to hand author SVG, I would definitely say I'd prefer CSS-similarity, to make it easier to learn and remember, and easier to understand when reading.

>>> ex rounded corners in CSS are used (or abused)
> to create non-rectangular shapes. In SVG, it makes sense to have only
> basic rounded corners for rectangles, because you can use more appropriate
> methods to create those non-rectangular shapes. Since I expect we'll
> eventually add path() to the <basic-shape> roster, I'm not sure it's worth
> the effort to synchronize rectangle() with what's possible with
> border-radius.

I can agree with that.

Received on Friday, 4 October 2013 04:40:37 UTC