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Re: Text selector [was Re: breaking overflow]

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:38:30 -0800
Cc: "robert@ocallahan.org O'Callahan" <robert@ocallahan.org>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
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To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>

On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:

>> I don't think it is any more confusing than most other CSS specs, where a clear understanding of the spec helps one understand what happens with edge cases.
> 
> Very few people have a clear understanding of the spec, and the
> details of how implied elements nest and break each other is
> non-trivial to understand.

Right. I didn't mean the entire CSS spec as a whole. I meant, pick almost any module, and there will be some things that are less intuitive, that give rise to blog entries, tutorials, etc. 

I think that what I am imagining is pretty intuitive (inside my head anyway). If it could be explained well and precisely, and the finer details worked out, I think it would be mostly intuitive, and there would just be some uncommon edge cases that might require explaining. Such as the white-space stuff that Robert O' brought up. I want the edge cases to be as intuitive as possible, but even more I want the more general cases to be intuitive and easy to use. I don't think we are that far off from these goals.
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