- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:18:00 -0700
- To: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Cc: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
On Jun 8, 2011, at 5:36 PM, Sylvain Galineau wrote: >>> Using that argument we might as well call it "foo" because "people will >> just learn that foo means that it progresses from left to right". >> >> Not so. Currently 'left' has a clearly defined meaning of "start the >> gradient on the left". There is a logic to it that is not difficult to >> learn. It is not a totally arbitrary name. > > We know what it is *currently*. The issue is whether it should have this > meaning. That it can be learned is not the question either. I mean, people > can learn floats, too ! Are you seriously arguing that "foo" is just as meaningful as "left" for this? Because my argument above is simply that it is not.
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