Also sprach Waldir Pimenta: > > There was a discussion leading up to the current solution. One premise > > is that one, by default, should have flexible pages that adapt to the > > available space and try to use it. This sentiment is expressed in one > > of the notes: > > > > The reason for making ‘column-width’ somewhat flexible is to achieve > > scalable designs that can fit many screen sizes. To set an exact > > column width, all length values (in horizontal text these are: > > ‘width’, ‘column-width’, ‘column-gap’, and ‘column-rule-width’) must > > be specified. > > I understand the premise, but that solution seems rather contrived (I'm > aware I'm approaching a topic that was likely discussed at length, so I > apologize if my words sound unnecessarily blunt). I noticed a previous > version of the spec[1] had a "column-width-policy" property, which could be > set to "flexible" or "strict", but it was dropped from the spec in later > versions. Why was it abandoned in favor of the current specify-all-values > approach? Because you can achieve the same effect by setting one property: 'width'. -h&kon Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª howcome@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcomeReceived on Monday, 7 February 2011 23:17:57 UTC
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