Csswg-drafts: [css-flex-1] Use more appropriate word than "sucks"

Created on 11 Mar 2018  路  6Comments  路  Source: w3c/csswg-drafts

https://www.w3.org/TR/css-flexbox-1/#item-margins

"Note: This variance sucks, but it accurately captures the current state"

Closed Accepted as Editorial Tracked in DoC css-flexbox-1

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All browsers decided to switch to Chrome's behavior.

Well, that's a I nice euphemism... The harsh truth is that Chrome's developers refused to implement what the specification said (which was a consensus decision in the CSSWG, btw) thereby _forcing_ other UAs to change for web-compatibility reasons. Shame on them.

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@Nadya678, this whole issue has been resolved in #2085. The whole note about the "variance" has been removed from both [css-flex-1] and [css-grid-1] specs, since the single option for calculating margins/paddings of flex/grid items has been chosen. All browsers decided to switch to Chrome's behavior.

P.S. Please cite the latest Editor's drafts (e.g. https://drafts.csswg.org/css-flexbox/#item-margins), which usually incorporate the most recent edits, instead of /TR/ publications, which can be rather outdated.

Not to mention, "sucks" accurately captured the suckitude of the variance.

All browsers decided to switch to Chrome's behavior.

Well, that's a I nice euphemism... The harsh truth is that Chrome's developers refused to implement what the specification said (which was a consensus decision in the CSSWG, btw) thereby _forcing_ other UAs to change for web-compatibility reasons. Shame on them.

It definitely was not a WG consensus, pretty much by definition, as Chrome/WebKit disagreed with Firefox/Edge. Please don't rewrite history.

They disagreed _after_ the decision was made. Meanwhile they shipped an intentionally non-conformant implementation thereby establishing fait accompli due to their dominant market position. _Then_ the spec was updated to allow either behavior. Please don't rewrite history.

Find some other venue if you want to continue this.

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