- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:42:43 -0400
- To: www-style@w3.org
On 06/22/2015 03:23 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 4:26 AM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: >> The problem with ua-default or any such thing is that it's only >> correct terminology for the effect when it's used in a user-level >> style sheet. If it's used in a author- or user-level style sheet, >> it does not return the value to the UA default value. > > I am 100% okay with ua-default being "incorrect" in author-level style > sheets. In practice, it *is* correct 99+% of the time, and when it's > not, *the distinction doesn't matter*. As far as the author is > concerned, the user and UA style sheets are part of the same thing - > "the styles underneath me". It's also incorrect when used in UA-level style sheets. I'm sure a lot of people don't care about the details, but this naming sets up an understanding of the cascade that *isn't true*, and I'd prefer to avoid naming systems that are based on an incorrect conceptual model. ~fantasai
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