On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]<simetrical%[email protected]> > wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Gregg Tavares<[email protected]> wrote: > > It's ambiguous because images have a direction. An image that starts at > 10 > > with a width of -5 is not the same as an image that starts at 6 with a > width > > of +5 any more than starting in SF and driving 5 miles south is not the > same > > as starting in Brisbane and driving 5 miles north. > > > > The spec doesn't say which interpretation is correct. > > I think it's extremely clear. The spec gives four points which > determine a rectangle, which are in no particular order. The image is > rectangular, and is mapped into that rectangle. Rectangles have no > orientation, and the operation "paint the source region onto the > destination region" couldn't possibly be interpreted as requiring > reorientation of any kind. If it's so clear, why do you think 2 of the 4 browsers that implemented it apparently got it wrong? Would making the spec more explicit have avoided their mis-intepretation? > > > I think you got misled by the diagram, and now aren't reading the > normative text of the spec carefully enough -- it's *very* specific > (like most of HTML 5). >
