- From: James Hopkins <james@idreamincode.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:26:24 +0000
- To: public-css-testsuite@w3.org
Regarding their :first-letter tests, I am by no means an implementor but I would have thought punctuation characters are implemented in Unicode character sets, so am wondering whether there is any need for creating an individual test case for each one of these characters (there are currently around 411 test cases for this purpose in the MS Conformance Suite). If however there is a need, I would suggest aggregating all 411 into one test case where all punctuation characters each precede and succeed the first letter - I believe this would make it far quicker for implementors to see whether all characters are indeed supported. Certainly from my own bug-testing point of view, I think this and similar features could be tested on an adhoc basis, similar to what the CSS2.1 Test Case Authoring Guidelines (http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Test/guidelines.html#methodical) state. I agree with Johannes that there should be a clear pass or fail condition. For example, there are many cases where the black text color, combined with the text "Test passes if there is no red visible on the page", constitutes a pass. Even though the text is self explanatory, I suggest the black text become green, constituting a pass- this further iterates, and emphasizes a clear pass condition. James
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