- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:54:44 -0500
- To: Glen <lonedesign_2k@yahoo.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Glen<lonedesign_2k@yahoo.com> wrote: > What is the hold up? I wouldn't have any idea - I'm just a subscriber to the working group, not an implementer or spec author. I suspect that any gradient spec will come out of Apple, though, as they have the most mature implementation of gradients so far. > The only problem with using images is that you won't be able to have > text gradients. True, but text gradients are substantially different from a standard gradient. Gradients *aren't* colors, and can't be treated as such - colors are 0-dimensional, while gradients are 1d or 2d like images. A text gradient is essentially turning text into a mask for an image, which is substantially different from just filling it in with a color. It should be a separate proposal, which can then use gradients (or any other image, for that matter). (Webkit offers a "text" value for -webkit-background-clip, which does essentially this, but that's *definitely* not been put up for discussion yet.) > Glen. > > P.S. I didn't suggest background-style. That's fine - the title of your email was "Re: background-style", and I have no idea what the contents of the original thread/message you were replying to were, as you didn't quote anything. ~TJ
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