Re: WD-CSS21-20020802 section 8, "Box model", substantive comments

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Etan Wexler wrote:
>
> Well, my inclination would be to shrug and say that conformant
> implementations must adhere to the CSS box model, not to operating system
> interface guidelines.

This is unacceptable from a UI point of view.


> The specification needs to specify exactly which elements confer the
> permission to deviate from the box model. As it stands, an implementor
> could claim that 'p' and 'div' elements are the "certain elements"
> mentioned in the specification.

Yes, they could, but they'd be the laughing stock of the CSS community.

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Received on Saturday, 22 February 2003 14:41:24 UTC