My assumption was also that performance is the reason we aren't getting more est...

username223 · on April 30, 2019

> ... it's not possible in the general case, at least not with the specs as they are today.

That's a fair response, but how about changing the (CSS) specs to allow better line breaking? Surely that would take less time than WebUSB, and Google or Mozilla could quickly push it through the IETF.

wahern · on April 30, 2019

See also the 8-year-old Mozilla bug for a more detailed discussion: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630181

Veen · on April 30, 2019

I'm not a web developer, so take this with a huge pinch of salt, but, if floats are the problem, does that imply that with layouts that use CSS Grid or Flexbox, we could have a decent justification algorithm?

jimhefferon · on April 30, 2019

Oh, thanks for this. Very intertesting.

jfk13 · on April 30, 2019

He's Patrick, not Philip.

benschulz · on April 30, 2019

Woups. Thanks for the correction. I think it's too late to edit my original post. :/