- From: Andrés <adelfino@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:25:47 -0300
- To: www-style@w3.org
Sorry: You are not even offering it, how do you know it's user base is narrow? On 8/15/06, Andrés <adelfino@gmail.com> wrote: > You are not even offering it, how do you now it's user base is narrow? > > On 8/15/06, Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com> wrote: > > > > 1. CSS WG members, who are true maniacs and collect newspapers, books, > > restaurant menus and dozens of other print materials all around > > the world (I am _not_ kidding) have almost never seen need for those > > pseudos. > > > > 2. the implementation cost of these pseudos is very expensive. > > > > 3. the specification cost of how these pseudos really work - and I > > remind you that something that _looks_ simple like the ::first-letter > > pseudo is in fact very complex and the CSS WG spent incredible > > amounts of time on it - is very expensive too. > > > > So: extremely narrow user base, high cost and complexity. > > Conclusion: rejected. > > > > Is that clearer ?-) > > > > </Daniel> > > > > > > > -- > Andrés Delfino > -- Andrés Delfino
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