It was smart for you to ask this question while ekrock is on sabbatical.
I'll summarize (probably badly) his objections. They've appeared many
times on this newsgroup, I think.
1. Not that many ``important'' sites use layers.
2. Implementing layers means implementing all the bizarre 4.x
layer behavior. (``Bug compatibility'')
3. It might be possible to simulate layers using a JS (+XBL?)
``includes'' that site authors could reference as a
transition strategy. (Or that get automatically pulled in
when Moz runs in some ``compatibility mode''.)
If you buy these arguments, then implementing layers as part of core
layout is a waste of time. So the question becomes, is it possible to do
(3), and if so, how much work is *that*. To which I answer, ``ask hyatt
and ben''.
chris
Christopher Blizzard wrote:
> So, what would it take to support layers? It's hurting us pretty badly
> and I think that it would be worth it to try to support it, even though
> it would be a lot of work.
>
> What would it take?
>
> --Chris
