Re: [css3-positioning] why is it called "positioned layout"

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Why is the spec called “positioned layout”? It seems everybody is referring
> to it as “css3 positioning”, and “positioned layout” was/is used to refer to
> proposals dealing with radical new ways of using positioning, such as what
> is on Tab’s blog…
>
> Is there rationale to call it “layout” that is no obvious to me?

Probably just the fact that I called my blog-draft "Positioned Layout"
and it stuck.  It *is* a layout mode, and we're using the "* Layout"
naming pattern for all the new layout modes, so it makes sense to me.

~TJ