RE: [css3-images] Features Overview from Brian Manthos on 2011-05-11 (www-style@w3.org from May 2011)

From: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 19:49:54 +0000
To: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
CC: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>, "public-media-fragment@w3.org" <public-media-fragment@w3.org>
Message-ID: <FA122FEC823D524CB516E4E0374D9DCF1FAA60A4@TK5EX14MBXC138.redmond.corp.microsoft.>

> From: Brad Kemper [mailto:brad.kemper@gmail.com]
> Good question. And do you grab a different image from the multi-image file
> when the background size changes? I think there is too much the UA can't
> guess, and the author needs to say which image should be used. Absent
> that, the UA just grabs the one with the most bytes and hopes for the best.

"The most bytes" isn't always accessible, and has basically no meaning at all for gradients.

- Brian

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