On 11/15/2017 11:51 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote: > On 15/11/2017 03:32, Emilio Cobos Álvarez wrote: > >> So, I've looked through and I haven't found any related minutes (I've >> looked for minutes that mentioned "physical", of which they were many, >> but all related to physical properties and scroll snapping, and for >> minutes that mentioned mozmm, of which they were none). >> >> I've found two threads in the w3c mailing list that look related, one >> which is basically the discussion that lead to all units being changed >> to be relative to the density of the display: >> >> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2010Jan/0058.html >> >> And someone interjecting on a thread about adding the Q unit: >> >> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2013Nov/0302.html > > It sounds like you may have missed the lengthy "[css3-values] Physical > length units" thread (spun off from "[css3-mediaqueries] DPI in > resolution media queries") that started in mid-Feb 2012:
Indeed, thanks Jonathan! I bet the minutes at https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0530.html were what David was referring to. > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0627.html > > I haven't re-read all that thread to see whether anything resembling a > consensus seemed to be emerging.... my (vague) recollection is that > there's generally little enthusiasm in the WG for a "true" physical > unit, with perhaps one or two vocal dissenters _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
