Because they are defined by w3c what they should map to. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#color-units
----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Martin To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] IE 8 and grey Are you talking from a css point of view? I would advocate not using "words" - what happens if a future browser decides that "grey" should be #66666; where previously it was #33333; (just examples). Your design is suddenly not going to look as you intended. My 2c. Adam On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Keryx Web <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quick question. I have not got IE 8 beta 1 myself... Does it understand "grey", spelled with an e - as it should be ;-) Lars Gunther ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://myfitness.ning.com A community of people that care about their health and fitness Free fitness videos, recipes, blogs, photos etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
