- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:15:15 -0800
- To: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Cc: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>, "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, fantasai <fantasai@inkedblade.net>
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com> wrote: > [Tab Atkins Jr.:] >> Could you please answer the questions I posed, or at least tell me whether >> the answers I think you'd give (based on your previous emails) are >> correct? Brian has made his answers clear. > > I don't disagree with you (not yet, at any rate...) so there is no point in > pursuing that arguing. Again, it's not about convincing *me* of > the way you think it should work, it's about convincing me that someone who's > never used calc() in background-position before will get it right i.e. what I > think of as being intuitive. It seemed much more of a 'this bit is intuitive > once you're already familiar with the feature' to me. In that respect, I support > being consistent though I'm worried about changing calc() to make background-position > consistent having side-effects elsewhere calc() can be used. Might be an unwarranted > fear but I'd rather not change it again. Here's the problem: based on your previous emails, you appear to be advocating a contradictory position. This is why I can't discuss any details with you until I establish what you actually believe, because I'm not sure what angle you're coming from. ~TJ
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