- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:42:40 -0700
- To: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Cc: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Jun 8, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Sylvain Galineau wrote: >> So you are basically saying "screw you" to any author that has used -*- >> linear-gradient for simple cases, or who wants to do so prior to CR, >> because we're going to change so much of it now that reasonable fallback >> is no longer possible. > > Again, it isn't strictly necessary to assign overly negative motives or > language to make your point. My statement above is not to ascribe motives; it is simply about the effect this decision will have and the apparent (and appalling) lack of concern for that effect. > Fallback for experimental vendor-specific > implementations is up to each vendor e.g. WebKit could well decide to > keep their -webkit implementation as is and wait for the unprefixed > property to implement the new model. Representatives from both Google and Apple have indicated they would not. I find that attitude, and the whole enormous midstream change without (IMO) good enough cause, alarming. That alarm is reflected in my tone.
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