- From: Douglas Rand <drand@sgi.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 16:11:26 -0500
- To: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Liam Quinn wrote: > Why are you trying to imply that CSS1's forward compatibility requirements > were hidden or ambiguous? The standard is very clear on this issue. I'm saying quite clearly that regardless of the requirements the implementations aren't doing it. And the corollary is that it should be done in a way consistent with actual implementation and usage. Is that clear? > CSS1 didn't work with existing software (IE3) when it became a standard. > Did you tell your rep to vote for it? Both you and Neil are totally missing the point. CSS1, as proposed, did not make existing software act incorrectly. It made available more information for conforming agents to format the resulting output more nicely without invalidating anything. The current proposal for CSS2 selectors is not in the same category, hence I feel differently about it. Doug -- Doug Rand drand@sgi.com Silicon Graphics/SSO http://reality.sgi.com/drand Disclaimer: These are my views, SGI's views are in 3D
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