> > Are the proponents of the original srcset proposal happy with it becoming > a resolution hint and for the syntax to be optimized as the proposal > develops for this purpose and for the use of srcset for media query based > image choice to be excluded and handled only by the <source media> element > attribute? > While I cannot speak for the original `srcset` proponents, we are in agreement on this with Ted O'Connor, the `srcset` spec editor. > Perhaps it would be best to edit the srcset proposal to be more consistent > with the plan. For example, remove the viewport size media query parameter > from the syntax. There were quite a few good ideas and discussion on the > whatwg list for using srcset for this purpose and surely the syntax could > be usefully extended. > > Some concerns raised with using the srcset as a resolution hint were: the > image box size might not be know at the time the image could be loaded; the > image resolution affects the layout. Some consideration of these concerns > would be useful. > The viewport hints are still important for viewport based resolution switching, for non 'art-direction' images that maintain their proportions across viewports. If good ideas on improving the `srcset` syntax were raised on the various mailing lists and forgotten, could you please help us by linking to them? (either here or on the public-respimg mailing list) > Section 8 'Adaptive images' of the srcset proposal appears inconsistent > with the intent of the proposal. There are examples using the srcset as a > viewport media query to select between images. Perhaps just remove this > section. > I agree that this section should be modified to accommodate the use of `srcset` with `<picture>`.Received on Sunday, 3 February 2013 09:52:07 UTC
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