Now I get your point ! I'd say that in the case you pointed out the <span> is visible, because I don't know what were the real intentions of author of the HTML code. In case it would have "visibility:hidden", I'd say it's invisible since in that case I know for sure that the author wanted it to be invisible.
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Boris Zbarsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael R wrote: > > No, I just mean that the content is visible on the screen and any user > can > > see it (no color dependence). > > I think we're having a communication failure... Color definitely affects > the > pixels painted on the screen, and depending on what color values the screen > can > paint, color may affect whether, say, text is visible on a background. > > Speaking of which: > > <div style="background: black"><span style="color: > black">Text</span></div> > > Would you say that the <span> is visible? What if it had "opacity: 0"? > What if > it had "visibility: hidden"? Why exactly are these cases different, if > they're > different? > > -Boris > _______________________________________________ > dev-embedding mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-embedding > _______________________________________________ dev-embedding mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-embedding
