- From: Tadeus Prastowo <tadeus.prastowo@unitn.it>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:22:34 +0100
- To: OwN-3m-All <own3mall@gmail.com>
- Cc: "Myles C. Maxfield" <mmaxfield@apple.com>, www-style@w3.org
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:03 PM, OwN-3m-All <own3mall@gmail.com> wrote: > @Tadeus, > > The same could be said to you. Could you please cite some legibility > or typographic material in support for the change? Others have mentioned that since the olden days typography uses the new behavior, haven't they? > Either way, it's > technically an opinion. I prefer the other style (the old way). I > can't get used to the new change and personally think it's wrong. Then, what Myles suggested about using a user-defined stylesheet is correct. You can use that facility to have any underline be rendered in the way that you like it to be, no? > However, since underlining has worked the way it has for so long, why > is the default being changed? Because the way typography has always worked. > The configurable option should be > enough to allow people to choose the way they'd like for it to be > styled. Again Myles is correct. The new behavior is not forced on you since you can choose to have the old behavior back through the user-defined stylesheet facility. > More choice is good, but changing the way it's worked for so long is a > bad idea in my opinion. I like the new behavior. So, it is not a bad idea after all. -- Best regards, Tadeus
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