Re: What is the use case for two levels of background colors?

That's part of it. But if it were this alone, there might be simpler ways
to accomplish this. It's one of the items I'm currently trying to clarify.

Christian

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On May 9, 2014 4:09 PM, "David Singer" <singer@apple.com> wrote:

> I am not sure that they are useful together, but don’t they have different
> visual effects?
>
> The background for a region causes a stable rectangular area to be painted
> in that color, no mater what text (if any) is inside it.
>
> the background for text is only drawn around the actual characters.
>
> the first has the advantage of visual stability, while the second
> minimizes the amount of the scene obscured.
>
> On May 9, 2014, at 7:07 , Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone know the use case for having two levels of background
> > colors, specifically one background color on the individual lines of
> > text and another on the region/window?
> >
> > The only thing I can think of is that it could make the text more
> > readable for some people. However, if that is the real use case I
> > think relying on regions for it is unacceptable, because the author
> > may not have used regions at all. A robust solution would require the
> > user agent always add that extra layer behind all cues.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Philip
> >
>
> David Singer
> Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
>
>
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