Re: Preload for <section>

On 9/26/2002 8:16 PM, Tantek Çelik shamelessly wrote

> About four years ago I proposed a mechanism for authors to control the
> presentation of elements while "loading":
> 
>  http://www.w3.org/Style/Group/1998/09/progrend-19980930
> 
> (W3C Member only link)
> 
> Essentially it consisted of a new pseudo-element ":partial" which permitted
> the author to style how an element should be displayed while it was only
> partially available, e.g.:
> 
>  section:partial { visibility:hidden }
> [snip]
> If there is now broader interest in having this capability, I would be happy
> to re-raise it in the CSS working group.

I have always found this proposal just the a perfect fit for the Web and 
I clearly remember telling you that during a face-to-face meeting in 
Redmond.

After all, you proposed it only once and there's that hidden rule saying 
that three times is a minimum ;-)

</Daniel>

Received on Friday, 27 September 2002 05:17:29 UTC