Re: aspect ratio as an attribute

Sorry, I was referring to the idea of redefining the height and width
attributes to express resource dimensions.

Adam


On Dec 22, 2016 5:25 AM, "Simon Pieters" <simonp@opera.com> wrote:

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:37:48 +0100, Adam van den Hoven <adam@littlefyr.com>
wrote:

I agree with two caveats. First, for better or worse this will break enough
> of the internet that I wouldn't be surprised if the browser guys balked at
> it.
>

"The browser guys" are participating in this very discussion. :-)

A new HTML attribute or CSS property typically does not break the Web. Can
you elaborate on what you think would break?


Second, you would need to account for srcset; they may all likely have
> the same aspect ratio, they will not have the same dimensions.
>

After density-correction, they should all have the same dimensions (modulo
rounding errors, at least).


Adding aspect may be a sufficient solution for what we wish to accomplish.
>

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Simon Pieters
Opera Software