Re: MathML for CSS profile

• From: William F Hammond <hammond@csc.albany.edu>
• Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:58:15 -0400
• To: W3C MathML Discussion <www-math@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <i7sjrkyra0.fsf@hilbert.math.albany.edu>

David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk> writes:

> I'm delighted to announce that the MathML for CSS profile has been
> published as a recommendation
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-mathml-for-css-20110607/
> . . .

While I think the MathML-for-CSS specification is useful, and I am
moderately optimistic about the long-term prospects for using CSS to
provide cross-platform rendering of math, I think that the default
CSS sheet found as a non-normative appendix (§12) in the specification
is in need of revision.

For example, I find that something as simple as (x+y)^2 seems not to
be handled well in browsers known for strong support of CSS.  See the
screenshots in the HTML document

    http://www.albany.edu/~hammond/demos/forcss/overview.html

                                    -- Bill

Received on Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:58:38 UTC