Re: [css3-images] Proposed Gradients changes

On Nov 23, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:24:10 +0100, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 4) Interpolation of gradients has been defined.  I define the
>> constraints that the start and end gradients must satisfy to be
>> interpolable, and then precisely how to interpolate them.
> 
> I have not checked, but is it true that because of this interpolation CSS gradients are going to work different from <canvas>/SVG gradients? And if so, is that really a good thing?

I think it was always the idea to have CSS gradients as a much simpler alternative to SVG gradient syntax, so that if you really needed the extra power you could use SVG. I do think that is a very good thing. 

Received on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:50:16 UTC