- From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:27:26 +0200
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Mjumbe, > not necessarily. if 'z-index' were a factor in rendering then it would > simply not be the best choice for renderers to use the painters algorithm in > the traditional way. renderers could (and should) simply parse the document > _completely_ before they do any rendering. they would then know what the > 'z-index' says is on top and what it says is on bottom before anything is > drawn. AFAICS: It's a decision for the developers of the language: 1. be concerned about progressive rendering -> use the painter's algorithm 2. be concerned about rendering speed -> don't use z-index A. hope for *very* high bandwith -> parse all files (external CSSes etc) before starting to render B. hope for pretty fast machines -> feature z-index Different combinations of the above make sense ;) for example: 1+B, 2+A, A+B, 1+2(current state) Tobi
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