Re: aspect ratio of box

Ian Hickson wrote:
>>> The original dimensions are a markup-level concern. You can
>>> already do the above, just use height and width attributes in
>>> HTML.
>> 
>> IIRC, the width and height attributes in HTML just set the
>> corresponding height and width values in CSS. They don't say
>> anything about the intrinsic size or aspect ratio.
> 
> *makes note of what to change when porting <img> to the HTML5
> proposal*

Let me note that HTML should probably remain backwards compatible. 
(Although you could add new attributes of course, but what would happen 
when people use incorrect values, etc...)


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  Anne van Kesteren
  <http://annevankesteren.nl/>

Received on Monday, 18 April 2005 06:50:33 UTC