- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:15:02 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Orion Adrian <orion.adrian@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Orion Adrian wrote: > > But it's not just one problem I see that I'm trying to fix. I see a lot > when it comes to layout ranging from giving control to the wrong person > (web designers and not web site consumers) to not matching the mental > model of people designing layout (i.e. using margins and padding as > tools for layout). I'm also trying to make the number of properties > smaller, the interactions fewer and the implementation of the system as > a whole easier. So no, it's not just about :column(). As far as new layout mechanisms go, there are several proposals being discussed in the CSS working group (and the W3C has a whole task force just about layout). If you have any concrete proposals I'm sure they would be considered. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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