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Wait so are you trying to add a .5px outline, or a 2px outline?

They’re using a recognizably similar technique. They recognized the similarity and said so. What purpose does it serve to nitpick a detail which apparently isn’t material to their usage, and which could trivially be adapted for anyone who cares about the outline size?

I think the person took “do the same” too literally lol. Likely there was no ill intent.

They also might have been asking the question: “Does 0.5px vs 2px matter in any significant way?” The answer to that question is still no. But I could see how someone who’s unfamiliar with the outline property could ask the question.

I’m sure there wasn’t ill intent. And I know the article discusses the author’s reasoning for their choice of outline size, so that might have informed the overly literal response. But in context it’s a kind of pedantry that can be tiresome.

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