- From: Alexander Shpack <shadowkin@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:47:24 +0200
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Phil Cupp <pcupp@microsoft.com>, www-style <www-style@w3.org>
> In my opinion, this is a fool's errand. I don't think it's possible > to come up with a single layout model that solves all of the major > use-cases that the separate models we currently have can do. Impossible? I hear that every day. I don't and won't know this word. What is major use-cases? Please, provide more information about it. Human imagination is so infinite.... ;) >I > believe the complexity of having several layout models is a worthy > cost for the benefit of making it simple and easy to solve problems > once you decide with model to use. Once again, today authors have 7 (seven) types of content positioning!!! Is it easy to solve? > > I strongly disagree. I don't think it's possible to replicate some of > the common use-cases, even with complex combinations of those three. > Many simple cases can be replicated with them, but it'll be more > complex than doing it with Grid. What about next thought: guidelines is a base, core for another positioning schemes? Web-page texturing on the guidelines, where textures is content. I totally sure, that this idea will visit you after 2 years of spec development. -- s0rr0w
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