- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 03:55:41 -0700
- To: <S.N.Brodie@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>, <estephen@emf.net>
S.N.Brodie@ecs.soton.ac.uk wrote: > David Perrell wrote: > > > > Shading should be definable through the use of colored borders. For > > example, light borders at left and top, dark borders at bottom and > > right = 3-D effect. > > > > Ideally, the border colors will abut diagonally, like a picture frame: > > ___________________________ > > | ____________light________/| > > | | | | > > | |_______________________| | > > |/____________dark__________| > > That assumes that the light source is top left. Is that a reasonable > assumption to make? I know I programmed my 3D-boxes to assume top-left > light and bottom-right dark but I'd never really considered whether it was > sensible or not. Only sensible inasmuch as it matches the pseudo-dimensionality of MS Windows. Hopefully, some future UA will allow setting programmable light sources that can track the sun's path. I fear that this constant upper-left lighting could be corrupting the mind and may even cause genetic mutation. David Perrell
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