On May 15, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Jason Grigsby <[email protected]> wrote: >> Are you saying that all of the image source listed in srcset would have the >> same aspect ratio? In the example Hixie provided, face-icon.png is a >> different ratio. >> >> Another way to read this could be that you’re fine so long as your sources >> with different densities (e.g., 1x, 2x, etc) always have the same ratio. If >> so, I’m unclear on how that solves the problem when you have images that >> need different cropping like the Nokia example which is vertical in one case >> and horizontal in another. > > That's what I'm saying. Authors *can* ensure that, within a > particular breakpoint, their multi-res images all have the same ratio. > It's a good idea, since the *intention* is that the multi-res > versions are all exact same image, just at different resolutions. > > If you don't do that, you get unpredictable results, but you asked for that. > > If you *do* do that, then you know what your aspect ratio will be, and > you can predict which breakpoint will be chosen and pair that with MQs > to adjust the rest of your layout.
Hmm… Doesn’t that then mean the solution to the use case is simply “don’t do it”? Or am I missing something? BTW, I know things are a little heated on irc right now so please read my questions as sincere attempts to understand how this would work and not as attempts to be obstinate. :-) -Jason
