- From: Dylan Schiemann <dylans@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 09:34:40 -0700
- To: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
This isuue has been brought up several times before by myself and others: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Jul/0082.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Mar/0074.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Mar/0085.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Mar/0095.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Mar/0098.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/1998Dec/0001.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/1996Apr/0029.html This discussion dates back to at least 1996, when I was first learning css. It is interesting that at almost every point, someone has suggested a new naming mechanism, myself included. Color names aren't that useful, so I don't use them. If I was creating an application that used named colors, I'd break use of the standard naming conventions and map an alternative naming scheme to RGB. If anyone out there knows the history of X11 colors, would you please provide more information, or a few links? My searches only bring up sites which list the X11 colors, and the link in the draft is broken, by the way. -Dylan Schiemann Ches wrote: I have to agree with Andrew on this one. Please do not require them. Sincerely, Franchesca Havas McKinney, Texas `°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°` ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Clover" <and@doxdesk.com> To: <www-style@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: Re: Last call comments on CSS3 module: color --------------snip---------------- Authors should not be encouraged to use the X11 colours. -- Andrew Clover mailto:and@doxdesk.com http://and.doxdesk.com/ -- Dylan Schiemann http://www.sitepen.com/ http://www.dylanschiemann.com/
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