- From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 14:58:26 -0400
- To: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you're dealing with a device low-tech enough to have white/black > pixels only, it's likely also got an extremely low resolution, and > probably a weak processor underneath it too. Or you are dealing with a high end black-and-white device (think one of those monstrous industrial xerographic printers) which intentionally does not fake grayscale support in order to give precise control over the dithering algorithm to the application. > ... At that point, you don't need to discriminate in CSS, > since you're already discriminating outside of it. I don't disagree with the assessment that this media query is less than useful for browsers right now -- but I do disagree with the change, because it'll make it harder for CSS to take over high-end prepress use cases in the future. Think of all the stuff in the PDF spec that your average document will never, ever use, but which is essential for the moral equivalent of the UA style sheet for one of those high-end printers. I'd be fine with a MAY clause indicating that browser-type applications need not be precise beyond a three-way "only black and white" / "only grayscale" / "color" choice. zw
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