- From: Coises <Randy@Coises.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:41:52 -0700
- To: www-style@w3.org
[Mon, 05 Aug 2002 06:08:42 -0700] I wrote: >In this section: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-CSS21-20020802/changes.html#q74 >the "CSS 2.1 Specification" working draft states: > >|| If presentational hints from other sources than CSS are taken >|| into account by a UA, it must treat them as having the same weight >|| as the user agent's default style sheet. > >which is essentially the same as "CSS3 module: Cascading and inheritance" ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-cascade-20020219/#computing>: > >|| If the user agent chooses to honor presentational hints from other >|| sources than style sheets, these hints must be given the same weight >|| as the user agent's default style sheet. This rule is intended for >|| presentational hints in HTML. Note that non-CSS presentational hints >|| had a higher weight in CSS2. > > >I cannot grasp the logic of this. It seems to me to be a great mistake. Can't anyone explain the rationale behind this change? If not, then why is it being changed? -- Randall Joseph Fellmy aka Randy@Coises.com
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