Re: [css-color] wider/deeper colors from Lea Verou on 2016-02-16 (www-style@w3.org from February 2016)

From: Lea Verou <lea@verou.me>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 02:30:39 -0500
To: Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com>
Cc: Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>, Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
Message-Id: <B9BF08CB-752B-4380-81E3-9C27FA6333FC@verou.me>

> On 11Feb, 2016, at 21:16, Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com> wrote:
> 
> I think we’re prefer to avoid referencing external resources for colors. What do you show before the resource is available? Transparent?
> 
> Simon

That is something we'll need to solve, just like all the discussions about the @font-face fallbacks.
What exactly is the alternative to not referencing external resources?! Just having a list of keywords and if the author wants to reference something else, well, touch luck?

~Lea

Received on Tuesday, 16 February 2016 07:31:12 UTC