On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Paul Court <p...@pmcnetworks.co.uk> wrote:
> First, I would like to suggest throwing <img srcset> out the window and > into a landfill somewhere (It's not even fit for recycling!). This reminds > me if the recent semi-colon in JavaScript "debate" that erupted as a result > of @fat's code in the Twitter Bootstrap project - To one or two people who > are very specialised in their particular area, it seems like a non issue - > and I think that is the case with the <img srcset> syntax. From a browser > developer point of view it might be easier to implement, but from a "I'm > just learning to code" point of view, that syntax is bat-shit crazy! > It's a simple, unambiguous, extensible format. If you don't like this format, you probably dislike all of CSS, since they're in exactly the same style. and also shows similarity with the <video> tag already in use, so it should > be easier to pick up. > See http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20120515#l-2856 for a brief discussion about why the <video> pattern isn't a great one to follow. It's much more complex. -- Glenn Maynard
