There is standardization.
On Friday, May 09, 2014 09:15:46 AM Andrew C. Johnston wrote:
Eric:
Well, I am just thinking theoretically, but the standards refrain is,
everyone should meet the standards. And so css says, the code 'corners:
rounded' or 'corners: spiked' is valid. But then the browsers fail to
comply. They need it to be, 'mozilla-corners: rounded', and then there are
8 varieations.
And I wonder, why does the language not have the ability to internalize
that, or can the language itself negotiate a successful result, given this
imperfect reality.
The language is interpreted by the browsers. The language does only have a
single
method for rounded corners: border-radius.
The problem is that border-radius didn't come into existence until 2009 (It may
have been
earlier, but the draft spec lists changes since the December 17, 2009 candidate
recommendation). Browsers are older than 2009. IE8, for instance was released
in March
2009. Because the browser predates border radius, it has no support for it.
It couldn't.
There was no such thing.
And since, in 2009, border-radius was part of a candidate recommendation, that
means
that its potential behaviors were being hashed out. While a new feature is
being figured
out, browsers put a test implementation in with the - prefix (-ie-, -moz-,
-webkit-, etc.).
Later, once the community has all agreed on how the property should act, the
browsers
implement the feature without the prefix (as was the case in IE9).
The problem is not lack of standardization. The problem is that developers
want to use
properties that technically aren't part of the standard yet.
---Tim
Pre-processors may well have other value, but is this negotiation a function
that should be done by them? We already have a lack of standardization, so
I personally am not thrilled with this extra layer of complication on an
already difficult process, but given the potential I would assume they are
here to stay.
Rgrds,
Andrew
Andrew,
I'm not following what you mean by this -
Why can't there be a code for all browsers, to do something like
transparency or rounded corners.
Are you talking about something outside of CSS? Something else maybe?
Eric
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