- From: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:14:26 +0100
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Apologies for the delay: > > > http://ejohn.org/blog/selectors-that-people-actually-use/ > > > > Although I do not agree with all of John's objections it looks like > > a few CSS 3 selectors might indeed require a revision. > > Did you have specific ones in mind? Referring to John's list: * E:empty – Chances are indeed that authors will use element selectors instead, and I remember Eric raising other concerns concerning this pseudo-class [1]. * E:lang(fr) – Probably the most questionable selector since apparently replaceable by attribute selectors. * E:nth-of-type(n), E:nth-last-child(n), E:nth-last-of-type(n) – Trivial objection: These selectors will bring much joy but will be rarely used just because “cognitively too demanding”; I expect them to be used absolutely nowhere in personal projects and quite rarely in complex projects. That doesn't mean anything, it's just my two cents. > Note that John's not using these in CSS, which of course changes the > use cases. Indeed, the scripting background of the post is obvious, and several concerns aren't really valid (as the discussion already revealed, too). [1] http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/08/17/running-on-empty/ -- Jens Meiert http://meiert.com/en/
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