Re: [css3-images] [css3-gcpm] element() and element()

On 02/29/2012 03:57 PM, Simon Fraser wrote:
> On Feb 29, 2012, at 3:45 PM, fantasai wrote:
>
>> [Once more, with correct tags...]
>>
>> GCPM defines an element() function, which returns an element
>>   http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-gcpm/#running-elements
>>
>> and Images defines an element() function, which returns an image
>>   http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-gcpm/#running-elements
>>
>> They are not the same, and they are both acceptable as input to 'content'.
>>
>> I don't have a solution, but there is a conflict here.
>
> element() in the CSS Image case doesn't immediately strike me
> as meaning a snapshot of the targeted element. Maybe we should
> use something more descriptive, like:
>
> snapshot() (even though it updates)
> replica()
> element-image()
> imageof()

I also got the following suggestions from mpt:

Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
>
> mirror
> clone
> liveclone
> portal
> reflect
> transmit
> counterpart
> facsimile
> replica
> mimic
> portray
> manifold
> puppet
>
> Of these, the one I like best is "mimic".
> - It conveys that the image is just a bitmap imitation, not a real HTML object.
> - Unlike "clone", "facsimile", etc, it suggests that the imitation is responsive -- it changes whenever the original does.
> - It's hard for developers to misspell.

~fantasai

Received on Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:23:56 UTC