Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-backgrounds-3][css-borders-4] The shape of box-shadow should be a circle for a box with border-radius:50% and big spread (#7103)

> The first two cases look quite similar, but using the min, the shadow has slightly smaller radii. The corners are a bit ticker than what you would get by just adding the spread distance to the inner radii, but seems fine.
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> The last two cases look quite better with the min.

I agree, they do. They look more intentional, if that makes sense.

> The box-shadow property is inspired by shadows, but it isn't a real shadow, and is optimized for being useful to authors, not for being shadow-like.

Yes, well said. Shadow was the original impetus, but the name is now just a historical artifact and unrelated to what authors use it for. Also it was never a very good drop shadow.

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