- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:59:45 -0700
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- CC: David Singer <singer@apple.com>, Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On 09/07/2010 06:05 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 5:41 PM, David Singer<singer@apple.com> wrote: >> On Sep 7, 2010, at 12:41 , Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:33 PM, fantasai<fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: >>>> Why aren't we using the grammar at the bottom of >>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Aug/0232.html >>>> ? I think that's much more straightforward. >>> >>> Except for using a comma instead of "to", that's what I'm looking at >>> right now. And you'd rather use a comma than "to"? I think it's clearer to use "to" since we're separating the colors with commas. While we're at it, the use of a comma to separate the geometry from the colors also bothers me for the same reason. How about linear-gradient(<position> [to <position>]? as <color>, <color>, ...) ? >>> We just want to split the angle case out into a separate >>> function, and need a name for it. I think I'll just use >>> angle-gradient() until someone gives me something better. >> >> I thought I had. >> >> You can't contrast radial-gradient with angle-gradient, because the >> latter is actually a linear-gradient. And having a third called >> linear-gradient would be even more confusing. Which is why I suggested >> radial-gradient >> linear-box-gradient >> linear-angle-gradient >> wordy as they are. > > It's that wordiness that makes me not particularly like them. ^_^ > Just typing out linear-gradient() is already painfully long to me. > And demoting just the angle gradient to a second-class citizen with a > three-word name isn't very appealing either. If the problem is DOM access, why not define different interfaces for them (LinearBoxGradient and LinearAngleGradient), but leave the parsed syntax the same? I like dsinger's name suggestions, fwiw. If we need two different names, I'd go with those. ~fantasai
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