- From: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:49:12 +0000
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
[fantasai:] > -----Original Message----- > From: fantasai [mailto:fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:15 AM > To: www-style@w3.org > Subject: Re: [css3-positioning] z-index and pseudo-stacking contexts > > On 07/24/2012 08:57 AM, Sylvain Galineau wrote: > > > > [Simon Fraser:] > >> > >> > >> I'd say no, unless there's a very compelling use case. > >> > > I strongly second Simon's position here; we should not make changes in > > this area without both a compelling use-case and an understanding of > > the impact it could have on existing content. (Or proof that it won't > have any). > > I'm not suggesting we make a change, just pointing out the possibility of > a new feature. So the impact on existing content would be zero. > Lack of impact on existing content is always good! But if it involves re-architecting the rather complex code that handles the existing feature set then there is still a reasonable level of concern that justifies having solid use-cases. I think it's fair to say this is a very sensitive code path for any CSS implementation.
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