- From: Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:57:15 -0500
- To: Chris Eppstein <chris@eppsteins.net>
- Cc: Matthew Wilcox <elvendil@gmail.com>, Lea Verou <leaverou@gmail.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
It was actually confusing for a lot of people initially, thanks for pointing that out :) On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Chris Eppstein <chris@eppsteins.net> wrote: > !important must be very confusing for you!!! > > (note: the three ! at the end of my sentence should not be interpreted as > negations) > > Hunt & pecked on my iPhone... Sorry if it's brief! > > On Jan 26, 2012, at 4:14 AM, Matthew Wilcox <elvendil@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd read ! as not, in fact I just did reviewing the thread. It even made me > frown in confusion. > > On 26 January 2012 11:31, Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yes ,I understand the theory behind it. However, theory and practice are >> two different things. As I said last year, in a quick straw poll of half a >> dozen or so folks who use css on a daily basis, literally every one of them >> thought that examples from the list, wiki and draft that I provided meant >> "not". >> >> Maybe it is just something that has to be well explained (I would >> definitely add to the draft in that respect if kept) ... I don't want to >> lead this back into a huge discussion unless it is really time to have it. >> My whole point there is merely that if there is any risk of causing >> additional confusion, why not just pick another. >> >> On Jan 26, 2012 4:34 AM, "Lea Verou" <leaverou@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 26/1/12 02:08, Brian Kardell wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, I recall that ... and several people read ! as "not" which is where >>>> ? came from I think. Its bike shedding to an extent, I admit, but I >>>> don't think without value to discard problematic ideas early on in favor >>>> of less problematic ones.... >>>> >>> >>> ! as "not" is a prefix operator, not a postfix one, as the one currently >>> defined in the selectors4 draft. So, FWIW I don't think there's going to be >>> any such confusion. >>> >>> I actually thought it's a great idea that it was changed to a ! since >>> that's what we use in natural language too in order to highlight something >>> important. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Lea Verou (http://lea.verou.me | @LeaVerou) > >
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