On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Brad:
>> What I think we should consider is that closest-side should not make the gradient smaller.
>> The way this would work is that 'closest-side' would not consider the side(s) that you've
>> offset the gradient towards when determining which is closer, and the gradient would
>> get clipped instead.
>
> I wish the image would load for me. :(
>
> Nonetheless, as you've described it, the proposed behavior wouldn't be "closest-side" anymore. It would be "closest-side-except-this-one-here"
Right.
> which I find confusing at best.
I find the current behavior of shrinking the gradient as you move it off center unintuitive. It even threw Tab off a couple days ago, when (in person, not on the list) he suggested that 'top left, cover circle' would result in a quarter-radial gradient that went from one side to the other, as a quarter circle (I corrected him). With my proposed change, it would do so, and avoid the degenerative effect that requires a special explanation in the spec.
Let's see if this attachment fares any better.
