I didn’t want to cloud my previous email with my opinions on various solutions, 
but as you may expect, I have some thoughts on the solutions to these two use 
cases.

On May 13, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Jason Grigsby wrote:

> Use case #1
> -----------
> Document author needs to display different versions of an image at different 
> breakpoints based on what I’m calling, for a lack of a better phrase, art 
> direction merits.

A solution to this use case should put 100% of the control in the hands of 
authors. It should provide the same control over images in html that is granted 
to authors over css images by media queries.

> Use case #2
> -----------
> For a variety of reasons, images of various pixel density are needed. These 
> reasons include current network connection speed, display pixel density, user 
> data plan, and user preferences.

A solution to this use case should allow an author to supply a list of images 
at different densities (or better yet an image in a format that supports 
multiple densities), BUT the user agent should decide which image density is 
right for the situation.

Ideally, the user agent would make a decision about the appropriate image based 
on:

* Connection speed
* Display density
* Data plan
* User preference

Obviously not all of these can be supported currently and the list isn’t 
necessarily comprehensive. The point I’m making is that there are multiple 
factors to picking the right density. The user agent is in the best position to 
make these decisions.

-Jason

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