- From: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 21:54:08 -0700
- To: <ernestcline@mindspring.com>, "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>
> > %% units should be allowed ONLY in margin and width/height > > CSS attributes for boxes having 'normal' flow. > > Not in absolute nor relative nor fixed positioning mode. > > Then I absolutely, categorically am against %%. Both from the > standpoint of human usability and computer usability, any unit > that can be applied to <length> should be able to be applied to > any instance of <length> no matter where or how it is used, This "should be" was my suggestion/hypothesis. I am just not sure about other attributes. If somebody will find them usefull in other places like padding (probably yes), border (possible but probably no) and font-size (?) then why not? > .... because of an idea whose benefits > appear to be achievable with the existing CSS table display > properties combined with the proposed calc() function. The main benefit is one: this avoids need to use calc() function and table display properties :) Also will minimize non-stable layouts with fixed (top,left,right,bottom) and absolute positioning. Sure that %% will reduce use of floating mode a lot. Floating must be used when it is naturaly needed - it is a bit expensive. To be short %% allow to keep "natural" layout as much as possible. Andrew Fedoniouk. http://terrainformatica.com
Received on Sunday, 9 May 2004 00:51:29 UTC