- From: Hakon Lie <howcome@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 23:37:20 +0100 (MET)
- To: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Cc: WAI HC Working Group <w3c-wai-hc@w3.org>
Jason White writes: > Option 1 I take to be that which changes the definition of !important; so > that it only has effect when used within a reader's style sheet (any use > of !important; in an author's style sheet would thus be ignored, and the > author's rules would all have normal weight, thereby giving precedence to > the reader's explicitly important rules). This is the option which I > prefe. The only counter-argument is one of backward compatibility. If the > use of !important; in authors' style sheets is ignored, then it can still > be said that all valid CSS 1 style sheets are likewise valid in CSS 2, but > the definition of importance changes. Given that the !important; directive > is a little-used feature at present, I think this change could be made > without resulting in major backward compatibility problems. I agree with you. However, there is resistance from implementors who have done CSS1 according to the book and would have to reverse their implemenations for CSS2. I see their point, and since the end result is the same, I'm now leaning towards adding anothe ! directive. But akksessibillitti is hard to spell... Regards, -h&kon H å k o n W i u m L i e howcome@w3.org http://www.w3.org/people/howcome World W i d e Web Consortium
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