Re: [whatwg] So if media-queries aren't for determining the media to be used what are they for?

2012-05-16 Thread Chris Heilmann
On 16/05/2012 00:23, Kornel LesiƄski wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2012 23:17:54 +0100, Chris Heilmann code...@gmail.com wrote: The fetish for brevity is something I never understood. More understandable code is faster to write than cryptic short code. There is significant difference in verbosity

Re: [whatwg] Correcting some misconceptions about Responsive Images

2012-05-16 Thread Chris Heilmann
img src=data: srcset=foo.jpg 1x, foo2.jpg 2x style=display:none;noscriptimg src=foo.jpg/noscript So we praise the terse syntax of it and then offer a NOSCRIPT for backwards compatibility? Now that is a real step back in my opinion.

Re: [whatwg] So if media-queries aren't for determining the media to be used what are they for?

2012-05-15 Thread Chris Heilmann
On 15/05/2012 22:46, Bruce Lawson wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2012 22:18:51 +0100, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Andy Davies dajdav...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at the srcset proposal it appears to be recreating aspects of media-queries in a terse less

Re: [whatwg] So if media-queries aren't for determining the media to be used what are they for?

2012-05-15 Thread Chris Heilmann
On 15/05/2012 23:11, Anselm Hannemann Web Development wrote: Tab, maybe you think this is a good type to write the syntax but the majority of normal web developers are used to use common HTML syntax. This is why we proposed the picture element and normal attributes using media queries. Of