Re: [css3-animations] `alternate-reverse` vs `alternate reverse`

On 7/5/12 07:41, Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu wrote:(12/05/06 0:28), Lea Verou wrote:
> If you look at CSS3, then there are several longhand properties that
> disallow 'normal' to be combined with other keywords, including all the
> font-variant-* (and the 'font-variant' shorthand actually) and
> 'unicode-bidi'. That is, I think the consistency is in favor of the
> other way around.
Yes, `font-variant` was the one I had in mind too. At first I thought 
it's not allowed for disambiguation, but now that I think of it, that 
wouldn't be a problem, since it's also the initial value. Therefore, 
you're right.
> I think you meant 'forward' here?
>
> Yeah, if we can make backwards incompatible change, I'll probably prefer
> something similar: [ backward | forward ] || round.
I have to admit, I would have no clue what `round` means. I don’t think 
`alternate` is a great name, but I personally find it easier to 
understand than `round`.
> As a non-English native speaker, may I ask why we use 'reverse' here
> instead of 'reversed'?
Kenny might have a point here. Every time I taught people about 
`repeating-linear-gradient`, they kept mistakenly typing it as 
`repeated-linear-gradient`. I'd guess it’s the same thing here.

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Lea Verou (http://lea.verou.me | @LeaVerou)

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