- From: Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:13:39 -0700
- To: "Eric A. Meyer" <eric@meyerweb.com>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Oct 12, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Eric A. Meyer <eric@meyerweb.com> wrote: > At 11:19 -0400 10/12/12, Boris Zbarsky wrote: > >> I agree that UAs would need to be a bit careful here, but there >> really isn't that much to worry about in terms of performance. The >> biggest issue is actually the need to have a CSSOM for all those >> stylesheets and the resulting memory use. > > That's all good to know. Thanks! > >>> There would likely also be privacy questions to worry about. >> >> Which ones? I can't think of any that are not already present with >> normal stylesheets, but if you have specific concerns I'd love to >> hear about it! > > I can't think of any either, but then I had no particular inkling > that ":visited" would create extra privacy problems until someone > demonstrated that it did. It seems obvious now, of course. > >>> And in all honesty, I'm not sure how interested users are (or ever >>> were) in "re-skinning" the sites they visit. >> >> Pretty common for forums. Or Bugzilla. ;) > > True, but do we have any idea how often such things are actually > used? I didn't even know Bugzilla had that feature. I strongly agree with Antony mentioning accessibility. A lot of websites designed for good accessibility for all users use alternative stylesheets. This is a great use case. Greetings, Dirk > > -- > Eric A. Meyer (eric@meyerweb.com) http://meyerweb.com/ >
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