On Sep 20, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com> wrote: > The endpoint-based form of linear gradients default to top-to-bottom, if I recall (the default starting point is 'top'). That is pretty arbitrary, though, and could be changed as easily as anything else in the proposal, if needed. > It seems somewhat counter-intuitive to have an angle gradient with an angle of zero go left-to-right. I completely disagree with that statement. I find it counter-intuitive to have anything but left-to-right for zero degrees, and bottom-to-top for ninety degrees. That's really my point, in fact. But you probably realize that and are only referring to a desire for zero to match a default direction. > Unfortunately, with 0กใ pointing up, you get a bottom-to-top gradient. > I realize that we don't necessarily have default behavior for angle gradients, I believe the default was chosen because vertical gradients are a little mire common than horizontal ones on the Web. If it was more important for zero=default, then the default should be changed to left-to-right, not the other way around. On the other hand, if we only have angles for gradients (which you'll see more about from me soon), then no default is needed. > but I still think the horizontal vs vertical mismatch messes with author expectations. This author's expectations are that 90deg should be upward for a linear direction specified in degrees. All my prior experience in life before learning how programmers think reinforce that expectation.
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