The CSS3 Box module contains two features that HP believes would be
quite valuable for the CSS Print solution space, namely 'fit' and
'fit-position'. See http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-box#fit for a
description.
These features would be a valuable addition to CSS Print, because they
enable very easy positioning of images within boxes, something those of
us who have worked on templates know requires lots of messy computation
and numeric values with the currently required feature set.
Adding new requirements to CSS Print will cause us to retreat from CR
(Candidate Recommendation) status to LCWD (Last Call Working Draft)
status for at least three weeks. Since CSS Print is waiting on CSS 2.1
to advance beyond CR, this short setback won't affect its completion
schedule.
Neither would this additional requirement affect current standards such
as UPnP Print Enhanced or Bluetooth BPP. They both point to the current
CR specification, and this of course won't change. However, new
standards could point to a new CR version, thereby requiring additional
feature support.
Questions have been raised about whether multiple levels of conformance
in the market would create interoperability problems. It would not,
because the change is b/w compatible (nothing is being taken away), and
support for the new standard(s) would indicate support for the new
features.
If you have objections to this proposed change, or wish to express
support, please post your opinion here or to www-style at w3.org by
September 23.
Best wishes,
Melinda
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HP - Melinda Grant
Connectivity Standards
Consumer Printing and Imaging
+1 (541) 582-3681
melinda.grant at hp.com
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