- From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:54:21 -0400
- To: Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>
- Cc: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 11:14 +1000, Dean Jackson wrote: > On 24/07/2013, at 11:07 AM, Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 04:40 +1000, Dean Jackson wrote: > > [...] > >> It's more than backgrounds. As Tab mentions, the idea is a single > >> image resource that can be used anywhere that accepts an image. > > > > Is there a reason why they are restricted to 9 and not also 16 (giving > > centre pieces on the edges)? > > Two reasons come to mind: > > - Designers typically work with 9-part images. I don't think that's true for print. > - The syntax for 9 part border images is already borderline confusing > (get it? borderline!). Adding any more slices will likely explode > brains. Possibly, but the nested HTML div markup for centred decorations on a border is a pain to get right too, and you can't rely on polyfills for print engines that likely don't have JavaScript. Thanks for replying. -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml
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