CSS3 DEVELOPMENT - media foundation vs pseudo class embedding

[Guest markStewart]

It would be most useful if W3C helps to move CSS3 forward with classes that will eliminate the need for literal inline src bridging. Moving the entire image classification into the embedded module component, or the external style sheet,would greatly clarify the image handling uncertainty that, for example, emasculates every background imagecentering technique. This development directon appeared in public discussion in a past year (2005. Malek and others)and should now be well understood.As solution, the before and after pseudo class instruction sets might be extended to suitable selector values.Or more efficiently, and in keeping with the public use architecture, we might now create inside and outside pseudo classes. The inside pseudo class may be used to place the [usually] image content under parent tag content in the browser display. The outside pseudo class might float the image display on top of the parent content. The inside and outside selector values might include standard style language like: none, inherit, fixed, left, right, top, bottom, width, height, display, overflow, etc.The center selector value would also be "happily" introduced here. In context, img:inside {values} and img:outside {values} would shelter the image pseudo class classification and eliminate forever the grotesque src cripple. This development would depend on the web community feeling that media images deserve special attention in html language. Right now, being dumped in the src ditch, images are a pain to deploy in CSS standard browser language.It should be noted that the inside:outside deployment would initiate a homegrown content security capability in portions of the current browser set. Viz., the ability to float an image over a page thereby diasabling access to page source. This capability is useful in IE, while Firefox allows source viewing. The browser hierarchy is not, however, upset in any way by the inside:outside pseudo classification. The developer user community can move image overlays however they see fit.

[Synook]

Umm... this forum is not in any way connected to or affiliated with the World wide web consortium. We have no influence over their action or decisions, and I doubt their members visit here very often . Contact details for your local or regional W3C office can be found at http://www.w3.org/Consortium/contact .