Re: [css3-flexbox][css3-align] start/end vs. before/after

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>wrote:

>
> [Glenn Adams:]
>
>
> >The before/after vs start/end distinction is already in deployed use in
> W3C technologies. IMO, here is no need to make >a gratuitous change. It
> will simply create a difference when there is none now, and no difference
> is needed. Thus, I >support fantasai's proposed value names.
>
> Nobody suggests a 'gratuitous' change. Quite the contrary. What is
> proposed is that use-cases and developer expectations be considered in
> addition to 'the way it's been done around here'. We have been using the
> current grid naming model to build real applications quite successfully. As
> for differences, they would matter for those people who will be able to
> notice them due to their familiarity with all the w3c technologies where it
> is deployed. That population may well be too small in practice to cause
> significant confusion.
>

IMO, both of our positions are relatively weak. You haven't surveyed the
authoring community (which is more relevant than the developer community)
and XSL-FO usage is relatively small. In this situation, I would prefer to
go with existing practice, even if small, and also give preference to the
editor's wishes. If the editor or WG prefers start/end, then I will not
object.