- From: Jet Villegas W3C <w3c@junglecode.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:14:42 -0700
- To: Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>
- Cc: liam@w3.org, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAP82YM7RyNGzFFuGw0tzXj6OuMhX0YPXU1tBM7+VZJfE-msokA@mail.gmail.com>
Adobe Flash had 9-slice graphics for many years. The user adoption to code complexity/bug ratio was so poor that I wish we never had it. It sure looked good on paper :) --Jet On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com> wrote: > > On 25/07/2013, at 8:54 AM, Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org> wrote: > > > 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. > > Can you give examples? > > >> - 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, > > Really? It's only one level of nesting. > > Also, if they want truly centered inner borders, I expect they want 5x5 > images, not 4x4. I think once you get to that level of syntax complexity > you're going to be better off with nested elements. > > > and you can't rely on polyfills for > > print engines that likely don't have JavaScript. > > > That's true. Again, I think we need examples from the print community. I > don't follow this list completely, but I can't remember any requests for > this. > > Dean > > > >
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