Re: [css3-fonts][cssom] proposal for revised definition of CSSFontFaceRule from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2012-09-13 (www-style@w3.org from September 2012)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:30:12 -0700
To: Sebastian Zartner <sebastianzartner@gmail.com>
Cc: John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDAbTAEEKY1DOWHTPM48iU+3MuW-SJ4f3P-Zghwh1G5PoA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Sebastian Zartner
<sebastianzartner@gmail.com> wrote:
>> but we're long past that point.
>
> Because UAs already implemented the prefixed versions and websites
> already make use of them? Then allow them as aliases but mark them as
> deprecated.

Aliases aren't zero-cost. I think 5 characters of prefix (or 4 in the
OM) is insufficiently painful to worry about aliasing.

~TJ

Received on Thursday, 13 September 2012 23:31:00 UTC