- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:23:57 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Sun, 28 May 2006, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#value-def-uri doesn't seem to > handle what should happen with various status codes. It seems logically > that browsers should transparently follow redirects (though not all > do[1]), but it's a bit unclear what should happen when the server gives > you a 410 response back, a 404 or similar status code. Would you still > use it for background:url() if the response contains an image? Would you > not show "the image," but still apply color et cetera? > > And if CSS 2.1 is not going to define his in detail, as the last > paragraph seems to hint, can > http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-css3-values-20050726/#uris do it? This seems to be an issue with HTTP, not CSS. What would you want CSS to say, exactly? We can't require a particular UI or anything... -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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