On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Ian Hickson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2011, Robert O'Callahan wrote: > > 4) remove the no-shadow special case, but add a special case to not draw > > shadows for operators other than source-over > > > > I think I prefer #4. I have yet to hear of any use-case that needs > > shadows with an operator other than source-over, and it would probably > > simplify the spec and implementations a little bit. > > #4 seems fine to me. Does anyone object to #4? I propose waiting until > browser vendors implement this (to test that it is not a compatibility > problem), and then updating the spec accordingly. >
Can you put a note in the spec that we're thinking of changing this behavior, so developers are less likely to start depending on it, and we've got some cover in case it breaks some esoteric stuff that doesn't matter for compat? Rob -- "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." [Acts 17:11]
