Re: [css-display] Refactoring 'display', got a crazy idea

On Fri, 08 May 2015 01:37:47 +0200, fantasai  
<fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote:

> The term "flow" was taken from the HTML specs, where it indicates
> a mix of inline and block content. This is consistent with how
> CSS block containers accept a mix of inline and block content and
> format them together.

So the HTML spec intentionally moved away from "inline" and "block"  
terminology for its content models to avoid confusion with CSS 'display'.  
It seems like a bad idea to repeat the same mistake.

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

Received on Monday, 31 August 2015 11:54:28 UTC