To paraphrase your own words.. if "an <img src=...> is descriptive of the target image" then srcset would be descriptive of the *set* of target images, no styling information there. Where I would be more inclined to agree with you would be the "media" attribute, however if you abstract the essence of a media query it is not, in itself, concerned with styling. It is a conditional test.
Perhaps we need a fourth element - context - to join the separate channels of content, behaviour and appearance? On 14 September 2012 16:43, <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> wrote: > ********************************************************************* > WEB STANDARDS GROUP MAIL LIST DIGEST > ********************************************************************* > > > From: Mathew Robertson <mathew.blair.robert...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:53:34 +1000 > Subject: responsive images > > In this week's links for light reading, there is a reference to responsive > images, eg: > > http://www.netmagazine.com/features/road-responsive-images > > I'd be interested to hear this lists' opinion on the proposed syntax. > > > To me this screams of putting styling information, into the document. For > comparison, we now use media queries to change font sizes and element > locations, based on viewport size and/or direction. I would have expected > responsive images to be implemented in a similar manner, not with new html > tags. > > In other words, an <img src=...> is descriptive of the target image, and we > add alt-attributes to describe it as such. Simply showing a higher > quality image of the same thing, shouldn't change the document structure. > > > Thoughts? > Mathew Robertson > > > ************************************************************** > Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ************************************************************** > > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
