Replying to @hj_chen
For what it's worth, my basic argument against the current exclusions proposal is that they promote the opposite of responsive design: design that's fragile and breaks in response to slight changes in viewport size, fonts, or other variables.

Jul 31, 2018 · 3:58 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @hj_chen
I think that in order for an exclusions model to be responsive, the rules for placement of the exclusions need to have a collision handling model, so that the way you place exclusions involves rules for how to move the exclusion if you put two in the same place.
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Floats have this, but absolute positioning doesn't. And I think it's particularly bad in paginated contexts, which is where most of the demos of exclusions focused.
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