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Re: [css3-multicol] Editorial Comments

From: David Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:06:47 +0000
Message-ID: <475F9697.7080407@david-woolley.me.uk>
To: WWW Style <www-style@w3.org>

fantasai wrote:

> 8. Filling columns
> ------------------
> 
>   # UAs will try to balance content between different columns.
> 
>   s/will/must/

I don't think you can mix weasel words, like "try", with the strict 
conformance language, like "must".  If you use "must", you need to 
provide a testable conformance condition. I think the best one can get 
away with is:  SHOULD minimise the variation in column length.


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