- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:18:21 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Peter Sorotokin <psorotok@adobe.com>
- Cc: public-css-testsuite@w3.org
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Peter Sorotokin wrote: > > > > Not making that assumption breaks all kinds of Web pages. There was a > > time several years ago where Mac browsers assumed 72dpi, and they were > > universally having difficulties with important Web sites. > > Hey, I am implementing the spec. Does the test suite test the compliance > with the spec or the ability to render real-world Web content? The test suite is primarily written by browser vendors and therefore primarily tests for CSS compliance in a Web context, which includes making certain assumptions that are required for rendering Web content. I would be happy to add a flag to the filename to indicate that the test assumes Web browser characteristics (though that would probably flag most tests -- all of them, if you consider HTML support to be a Web browser characteristic). I would also be happy to accept tests that don't make those assumptions. To contribute such tests, please see: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-css-testsuite/2006Aug/0000.html It would be great to get tests from implementors who aren't Web browser vendors, since, as you imply, that has resulted in a bias in the test suite so far. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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