- From: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:42:53 -0700
- To: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- CC: W3C style mailing list <www-style@w3.org>
Bert Bos wrote: > I didn't see the following argument mentioned yet. (Sorry if somebody > did and I missed it.) > > The size of a shadow is unpredictable when the shadow is blurry. We > don't define the precise algorithm for the blur, but I imagine the > intensity of the shadow diminishes with something approximating a > Gaussian curve. At some point, the shadow intensity will be less than > can be expressed within the color depth of the screen, but where that > point is is not easily known. The page author certainly can't predict > it. > > Yep, good one, Bert. The same argument should apply to various anti-aliasing effects, e.g. on fonts for example. Each blur effect is in principle limited only by dimensions of the Universe (13.5 billion light years or so). I don't think that David would want to scroll it that far. -- Andrew Fedoniouk. http://terrainformatica.com
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