- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:29:39 +0200
- To: Manos Batsis <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Manos Batsis wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Lilley [mailto:chris@w3.org] > > Hey Chris, thanks for the reply. > > > > While filters (besides being proprietary) give the effect > > on the element > > > as a whole, including children. > > > > Yes. Except the filters are not proprietary. > > I meant the IE filters. Oh - those! Yes, they are proprietary. SVG filters, which is what I thought you were talking about, are non proprietary, fuly described, and can be implemented by anyone without secret knowledge or reverse engineering. > AFAIK, although submitted to W3C, No, they were never a submission to W3C > they where not > seriously considered They were, however, seriously considered, then rejected > due to luck of serious documentation and probably > tight dependence with the windows OS. Yes. And I got an action item to see whether the SVG filters would work,and they do, but currently the CSS WG is reluctant to generalize them into CSS3 it seems. -- Chris > > Kindest regards, > > Manos
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