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--- ideas:mistakes [2018/12/26 08:43] – astearns
+++ ideas:mistakes [2019/12/05 05:28] – CNS chrisl
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   * ''z-index'' should be called ''z-order'' or ''depth'' and should Just Work on all elements (like it does on flex items).
   * ''word-wrap''/''overflow-wrap'' should not exist. Instead, ''overflow-wrap'' should be a keyword on 'white-space', like ''nowrap'' (''no-wrap'').
-  * The top and bottom margins of a box should never have been allowed to collapse together automatically as this is the **root of all margin-collapsing evil**.
+  * The top and bottom margins of a single box should never have been allowed to collapse together automatically as this is the **root of all margin-collapsing evil**.
   * Partial collapsing of margins instead of weird rules to handle min/max-heights?
   * Tables (like other non-blocks, e.g. flex containers) should form pseudo-stacking contexts.
-  * The ''currentcolor'' keyword should have a dash, ''current-color''.
+  * The ''currentColor'' keyword should have retained the dash, ''current-color'', as originally specified. Likewise all other color multi-word keyword names.
-  * There should have been a predictable color naming system instead of arbitrary X11 names.
+  * There should have been a predictable color naming system (like CNS) instead of the arbitrary X11 names which were eventually adopted.
   * ''border-radius'' should have been ''corner-radius''.
   * Absolutely-positioned replaced elements should stretch when opposite offset properties (e.g. left+right) are set, instead of being start-aligned.