Re: [whatwg] So if media-queries aren't for determining the media to be used what are they for? from Anne van Kesteren on 2012-05-15 (public-whatwg-archive@w3.org from May 2012)

From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 00:01:37 +0200
To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org, Andy Davies <dajdavies@gmail.com>, Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
Message-ID: <CADnb78iHAWSQAwVxj5ohT4bZV=aWVApf6PxwNjvgMm8J_T6Y5A@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
> Importantly, I think I'd like to be able to use either min or max, but
> @srcset's microsyntax only talks about min sizes. (I got it wrong in
> my previous email.)

Well, it's not a media query. It *describes* the size of the image. A
media query *evaluates* device capabilities. They are completely
different and allow for different resource selection algorithms.

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Anne — Opera Software
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