Re: [css-transforms] Making 'transform' match author expectations better with specialized 'rotate'/etc shorthands

> On 16 Jul 2014, at 13:49, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Whether or not to use the list form is just "are my
> translate/rotate/scales independent of each other?".  You don't have
> to understand anything about the ordering to answer that question.

I think this highlights part of our disagreement!! Mathematically, these are never independent of each other: the order always matters if translate is involved (assuming there is more than one of the functions :)

[I exaggerate slightly: it also doesn't matter in some edge cases such as an identity like rotate(0). But if translate is in there, they are dependent. ]

You absolutely need to tell the treasure hunter whether to walk 20 paces then turn left, or turn left then walk 20 paces.

Dean

Received on Wednesday, 16 July 2014 04:22:00 UTC