Re: [mathonweb] CG meeting 2018/02/01

Hi everyone,

Today's minutes.

Next meeting is Feb 15, noon EST.

Best,
Peter.

# Math On Web, Feb 1, 2018

* on call: Dani, Peter, Neil, Charles, Volker
* Dani: since we see each other in May for a11y workshop at AIM, perhaps
focus on a11y then
  * focus on display (CSS etc) now
  * => SOUNDS GOOD
* Dani: my opinion on CSS / display
  * last year it may not seem like much output but learned a lot about
newest browser technology for CSS
  * a lot more is doable "properly"
    * e.g., no more absolute positioning
    * maybe still some hacks like stretchy but at least it works
  * alignment for given child is also possible
    * fraction, munderover
* Neil: Davide Cervone mentioned a few ideas for improvements on the last
MathJax TC call
  * e.g., it would be good to have stretchies as decorations / borders
  * e.g., dealing with italic skew in munderover
* Peter: talked to Arno about variable fonts off-list, looks like they
could be very useful
  * maybe solves having multiple sizes of fence  + stretchy
  * maybe solves horizontal stretch
  * but we both think it won't help with vertical stretch
    * yet?
  * example:
https://www.typenetwork.com/brochure/decovar-a-decorative-variable-font-by-david-berlow/#?skelID=SA&skel=0.18&termID=TA&term=1
* Dani: example vertical alignment
  * https://codepen.io/daniwiris/pen/JOqvpB
  * munderover with flex:reverse-column, evne markup si
  * mfrac is a bit less natural but still ok
  * msubsup is ok, needs a filler
  * colors are ok. stretchy brace by borders
* a11y conferences
  * CSUN: Volker, Neil
  * w4a: Volker, possibly Neil
  * AIM workshop: all on call

* OLD ACTIONs
  * @Everyone start your task forces
    * CSS
      * Dani examples, Peter has started to look at WICG starter (but now
Dani's examples change things!)
      * Arno's first review (stretchy) => let's continue, draft doc for CG
site
   * @Arno write email about ideas for common abstract format needs
   * @Volker on navigation
  * new:
    * @Arno more current practices for layout?
    * @Peter follow with CSS WG on alignment at child
    * @Neil to respond to call for comments


2018-02-01 18:00 GMT+01:00 Peter Krautzberger <peter@krautzource.com>:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Below is the link to the hangout for the meeting. It's now open.
>
> Best,
> Peter.
>
> [1] https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/krautzource.com/mathonweb
>