On Monday, October 20, 2014, MiB <digital.disc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > okt 20 2014 12:20 Philip Taylor <p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk <javascript:;>>: > > > On the contrary, I want to challenge your assertion that "you can > translate from px sizing to percentages" for all but the most trivial of > cases. If /everything/ was originally expressed in pixels, then of course > you can translate from px sizing to percentages (a child of five would know > how to do that), but if some elements of the original design were expressed > in less tangible units (percent, ems, rems, etc), then it should be > patently obvious to you that you can NOT translate from px sizing to > percentages. > > Your challenge is futile. An example was given about grids expressed in > pixels. GJim said that percentages were used. That is the context. > > When I said "you can translate from px sizing to percentages” grids is the > context for that claim (Specifically the example used). You’re trying the > silly exercise to take that sentence out of that context, to imply I meant > it in general terms. A child could understand that was not the case. > > Consider context, not only when translating pixel-expressed designs, but > also when reading this list. > > ____ >
I'm sorry. I must have missed the context mentioned. I only saw references to fixed width gutters. I'll re-read. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | medialogic.com #663399 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
