- From: Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:44:02 -0700
- To: Jet Villegas W3C <w3c@junglecode.net>
- Cc: Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>, liam@w3.org, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAGN7qDAVzAceHxNhHVF6bvmfP6+pfotiMAP0TtFRhPBwaRk_tQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Jet Villegas W3C <w3c@junglecode.net>wrote: > Adobe Flash had 9-slice graphics for many years. The user adoption to code > complexity/bug ratio was so poor that I wish we never had it. > I believe Flex was using it with pretty good results. It did introduce quite a bit of complexity in both the player and the tool. > It sure looked good on paper :) > and on screen :-D > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com> wrote: > >> >> On 25/07/2013, at 8:54 AM, Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 11:14 +1000, Dean Jackson wrote: >> >> On 24/07/2013, at 11:07 AM, Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 04:40 +1000, Dean Jackson wrote: >> >>> [...] >> >>>> It's more than backgrounds. As Tab mentions, the idea is a single >> >>>> image resource that can be used anywhere that accepts an image. >> >>> >> >>> Is there a reason why they are restricted to 9 and not also 16 (giving >> >>> centre pieces on the edges)? >> >> >> >> Two reasons come to mind: >> >> >> >> - Designers typically work with 9-part images. >> > >> > I don't think that's true for print. >> >> Can you give examples? >> >> >> - The syntax for 9 part border images is already borderline confusing >> >> (get it? borderline!). Adding any more slices will likely explode >> >> brains. >> > >> > Possibly, but the nested HTML div markup for centred decorations on a >> > border is a pain to get right too, >> >> Really? It's only one level of nesting. >> >> Also, if they want truly centered inner borders, I expect they want 5x5 >> images, not 4x4. I think once you get to that level of syntax complexity >> you're going to be better off with nested elements. >> >> > and you can't rely on polyfills for >> > print engines that likely don't have JavaScript. >> >> >> That's true. Again, I think we need examples from the print community. I >> don't follow this list completely, but I can't remember any requests for >> this. >> >> Dean >> >> >> >> >
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