Re: Response to your SMIL CR comment "backgroundColor + backgroundOpacity = backgroundColor (CSS3 Color)"

Hi Therry,

Thierry Michel schreef:
> Thank you for your CR comment "backgroundColor + backgroundOpacity = 
> backgroundColor (CSS3 Color)" [1] sent to the smil mailing list on Sat, 
> 23 Feb 2008.
> 
> The SYMM WG believes that this is a nice idea for a future version of 
> SMIL, but right now we are committed to CSS2 support.
> Changing at this point would introduce an unjustified burden for 
> implementers and thus endanger acceptance of other SMIL 3 enhancements.

I disagree on this point, it is more easy to parse backgroundColor, 
hence it is a RGBA or RGB part. Since this is present in all other 
RGB(A) parsing routines the actual introduced backgroundOpacity is more 
complicated and involves an extra attribute parsing.

If this is the SMIL *3* CR, I guess it is good to meet up the CSS *3* 
standard that is already in place.


If you are saying: but realnetworks already invented a backgroundOpacity 
attribute, and we need to support their work... please say this. Because 
currently it is in their namespace, supporting it in the W3 namespace 
would mean removing it in the next version (that seems very stupid).


Yours Sincerely,

Stefan de Konink

Received on Tuesday, 26 August 2008 15:38:10 UTC