[whatwg] Media queries, viewport dimensions, srcset and picture

[Andy Davies]

On 22 May 2012 10:43, Anne van Kesteren <annevk at annevk.nl> wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Markus Ernst <derernst at gmx.ch> wrote:
>> I am somehow surprised that there are no reactions to this proposal. To me
>> as a humble author it looks like it would address the main issue of both
>> <picture> and @srcset, as it leaves the MQ to CSS, and thus separates design
>> from content.
>
> 1. It does not address the pixel density use case. 2. A pattern-based
> approach was actually mentioned in Ian Hickson's email when he
> announced the srcset attribute.
>

It doesn't address the "art-direction" use case either -
http://blog.cloudfour.com/a-framework-for-discussing-responsive-images-solutions/

Andy