- From: Charles Lamont <charles@gateho.gotadsl.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:57:17 +0100
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Four and a half points: One of the important features of SVG is that it is indefinitely scalable. None of us knows, for example, what level of minuscule detail someone may wish to put into a tiny part of a vastly larger image. CSS is not intuitively accessible to the neophyte. Like any other language has to be learned. A small additional detail that a proportion of human readers may be unfamiliar with, and which in any case they are unlikely to encounter, is unlikely to be an insuperable obstacle to them. Failing to provide for a foreseen requirement invariably proves to have been a bad design decision, especially when it is highly debatable that there is any significant cost. Making expedient concessions when a design dialogue is at an impasse also usually leads to regret. Throwing open for wider debate can be a means of resolution, but only if both sides are prepared to be receptive to what ensues. (While the inventor of CSS may deserve some special latitude, 'over my body' does not sound like a remark, even if a throw-away, from someone who is being completely open minded.) -- Charles Lamont
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