Re: transitions vs. animations

On Apr 4, 2010, at 11:23 am, Perry Smith wrote:

> Perhaps instead of calling them 'states' or 'state changes', call them 'events'.  I'm new to this list so I don't understand Håkon's statement, "We'd like to do this without adding an event model to CSS."  It may be that my way of thinking opens a can of worms that has already been discussed.
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> First, it solves Simon's concerns because the event would not happen when a class is added or removed.
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> And, while it might make some people's head spin, it seems like calling them 'events' addresses Anne's concerns too.
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> Feel free to shorten my names but lets start with:
>  'when-pointed-to' to mean when a person moves the mouse to a particular element
>  'when-pointed-away-from' to mean when the mouse is moved away
>  'when-focused-on' to mean when an element gains focus
>  'when-focused-off' to mean when an element loses focus
>  etc
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You're focusing on state changes related to user interaction (:hover, :focus etc) here. In reality, transition-rich content is using states in way often not directly related to hover or focus; such content uses JS to manipulate the content by applying class names, and I think if we extend CSS to fire "events" for arbitrary selectors, then we're on a path to insanity.

Simon