- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:54:19 +1100 (AEDT)
- To: WAI HC Working Group <w3c-wai-hc@w3.org>
On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Hakon Lie wrote: > > If we want to address the first issue, I believe we should do so > without adding any new syntax (a la adding "absolute" in addition to > "imporatant") since this would not work in older browsers. Instead, I > think CSS2 could say that "important" declararations in author style > sheets should be regarded as having normal weight. > This is the simplest solution and the easiest to understand and apply. In my previous message I supported !absolute; on the assumption that changing the definition of !important; was out of the question. However, I would much rather that the explanation of !important; in the spec be changed so that authors' rules are given normal weight, irrespective of whether or not they are marked as important. This would give priority to the reader's stylistic preferences. To convince authors of the desirability of this approach, one could point out to them that some people require particular font sizes, contrasting colours, etc., and would otherwise be unable to read the document at all; and such a scenario can hardly be consistent with an author's intention.
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