Re: [css3-images] simplifying radial gradients - Spotlight example

My desired approach in the modified version I created was to show that it could be done with a simpler syntax, allowing authors to leverage their existing knowledge of authoring backgrounds to get that effect, without having to learn a new, mostly redundant syntax for getting the same effect inside the image itself.

You didn't say "my desired approach" before, you said "the desired approach". The desired approach I took is as described above. I think we should both try to refrain from sarcasm. It's not helpful.

On Oct 8, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com> wrote:

> I made the page.  My desired approach was to change the gradient with background-image alone, not by fiddling with other properties.  So, no, it wasn't in my desired approach when writing the page.  Sorry, you can't read my mind as well as you might think you can.
> 
> -Brian
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brad Kemper [mailto:brad.kemper@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:53 PM
>> To: Brian Manthos
>> Cc: Sylvain Galineau; Alan Gresley; Chris Lilley; www-style@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: [css3-images] simplifying radial gradients - Spotlight
>> example
>> 
>> Yes it is.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 8, 2011, at 10:22 PM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Again, this leverages background-position which is again not part of
>> the desired approach.
>>> 
>>> -Brian
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Brad Kemper [mailto:brad.kemper@gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 3:37 PM
>>>> To: Brian Manthos
>>>> Cc: Sylvain Galineau; Alan Gresley; Chris Lilley; www-style@w3.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [css3-images] simplifying radial gradients - Spotlight
>>>> example
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Brian Manthos wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Here's a relatively simple example of the kinds of things I expect
>>>> people to want to use gradients for in the next year or two.  Most
>> of
>>>> the complexity is due to browser differences such as rules vs.
>> cssRules
>>>> and the prefixing of gradients.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ignore the logic related to scenery.  That's just a random backdrop
>> I
>>>> cobbled together to have a visual behind the effect.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The key function to look at it BuildSpotlight.  Notice that the
>>>> responsiveness to mouse location only requires updating background
>>>> image, and only to specify the center of the circle.  No color stops
>>>> need to be adjusted.  No other CSS properties need to be nudged.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Notes:
>>>>> (1) I've only (briefly) played with this in FF7 and IE10.  Based on
>>>> my other sample pages, I expect it works in Chrome and Safari (but I
>>>> suspect not in Opera).
>>>>> (2) On my machine it's a bit CPU-intensive in FF7 (even with "Use
>>>> hardware acceleration when available").  I don't know why and it
>> wasn't
>>>> intentional.  If there's a simple workaround, private e-mail would
>> be
>>>> appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Here is a modified version that is compatible with my simplified
>>>> syntax.
>>> 
>>> 
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