Re: CSS 3 color module and deprecation of "system" colors

Boris Zbarsky wrote:

>> In practice though it's not system default, but - as the description 
>> implies - browser default.

> OK.  Then please define "system default" as I requested.

Operating system default colours. Yes, you're right that some of the 
original CSS 2.1 system colours don't map to other platforms, but 
nonetheless any OS would presumably have a certain set of standard 
colours such as basic foreground/background combinations for a document, 
a highlighted piece of text, etc.

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Received on Tuesday, 6 September 2005 00:30:28 UTC