Re: transitions vs. animations

On Apr 8, 2010, at 12:38 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>  
wrote:

>>> If so, how does a % work?
>>
>> TBD. I haven't pondered it much. I was thinking multiply instead of  
>> add, but
>> I need to consider that more.
>>
>>> How do colors work?  How do keyword
>>> properties work?
>>
>> I'm not sure. Maybe only lengths and numbers make sense. I'll give  
>> it some
>> thought.
>
> I don't like that this uses normal CSS syntax but actually expresses
> something completely different and new.  Further, it means that the
> same keyframe used in a transition and an animation could mean
> *entirely* different things.
>
> I agree that this use-case is valuable, but I think we should solve it
> some other way.  Let's leave existing CSS syntax alone.

How am I changing how CSS syntax works? Your "animation shorthand  
value inside a transition property value as a function argument" is  
much more different than my "shorthand inside a shorthand, with values  
similar to 'animation' values, but with differences".

Received on Thursday, 8 April 2010 22:14:04 UTC