- From: Jen Simmons via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:09:49 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
I thought about this a lot on the plane from TPAC to View Source today. @fantasai wants to use a two character unit where the second letter is an 'r', so that it matches 'fr' well. So I make a list of every combination: ar, br, cr, dr, etc... and crossed out all the ones that don't work (like br, ir, lr... too confusing or weird). Purely looking at letter combinations, and thinking about what something-'r' units we might make up in the future, these are options: - The best letter combo options (imho): kr, mr, tr - Others that also sort of work: ar, dr, gr, jr, nr, qr, sr, wr, xr, yr, zr `tr` is a really good combination. So I started thinking about what `tr` could stand for. I don't like using `ratio` in the name, because it's not really a ratio. Or at least it's not a ratio in the way that an aspect ratio is a ratio. But then I started realizing, well, `fr` doesn't stand for "fraction r-something". `fr` stands for FRaction. And hey, transfer is also a word that has an 'r' as it's second letter. TRansfered. So I propose we do use `tr`, but we do _not_ include the word ratio. Instead we say "transferred length", or better, the phrase @rachelandrew said at the face to face this week, "transferred size". `TR` stands for TRansfered size. Or TRansfer. Just like FR stands for FRaction. Or FRaction of the available space. -- GitHub Notification of comment by jensimmons Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3225#issuecomment-433131850 using your GitHub account
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