Hi Tab, > The "length" of the gradient does change if the gradient is > transitioned to a different angle, but I think that's desirable in at > least some cases, and in the cases where it's not, you can usually get > around that just be specifying the color-stop offsets using lengths > instead of percentages. The cases that are left unsatisfied are, I > believe, less of a problem than the rotation speed "wobble" that is > solved by this interpretation. > yes, this is the issue that I had in mind. I agree that it's not a major issue since not many page will use this effect. I just brought it up because it pointed to a side effect of the current gradient proposal. This side effect is also the issue that Andrew is seeing. > > It's unfortunately impossible to satisfy every case without overly > complicating the syntax; we could offer more in languages like > Javascript or SVG that can absorb the complexity, but CSS is supposed > to be as simple as possible to use. > > It's hard to determine what is easier. I personally think that the current proposal is more complicated than a vector but that's probably because I only dealt with gradients from the coding side. However, past discussions have shown that people like the current approach better so even though it has its drawbacks, the easy-of-use is more important. Rik
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