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 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.
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> 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.

What is it then? It feels like it's either something that at least tries to resemble a shadow as much as possible, or a stroke (essentially multiple outines with offset and blur), or some handcrafted hybrid that applies to a few examples but doesn't generalize well (eg when it comes to corner shape).

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