[HN Gopher] Things the CSS spec folks got right
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       Things the CSS spec folks got right
        
       Author : feross
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2022-02-24 21:02 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (blog.jim-nielsen.com)
        
       | jay_kyburz wrote:
       | Whats good about arbitrary 100-900? I would think a float would
       | have worked fine.
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       | The whole idea of different levels of boldness is not great
       | anyhow. If you really care you would use a spercific font to get
       | the weight you want.
        
       | codeptualize wrote:
       | It's nice to read some positive content about CSS. I personally
       | love CSS.
       | 
       | I see CSS as a massive toolbox full of awesome tools, some old,
       | some new, some I use all the time, others I barely know they
       | exist, but it's nice they are there when I need them.
       | 
       | It also has improved significantly over the years, it's quite
       | remarkable; transforms, transitions, flex, grid, media queries, I
       | could go on, we even have CSS vars!
       | 
       | I've written/styled UI in quite a few ways, and I still much
       | prefer CSS. I even use it for design, I often find it quicker to
       | write a few lines of css than doing things in graphics software.
       | 
       | > This is all a way of extending a big "thank you" to the CSS
       | spec authors
       | 
       | Seconded! I am very grateful for CSS and everyone who contributed
       | to it.
        
         | kroltan wrote:
         | I agree, for all its quirks and layers of layout generations,
         | CSS is still mostly a very pleasant experience, especially
         | since it is so comprehensive.
         | 
         | Nowadays most of the web-design-y things I do have more CSS
         | than HTML in them, my element trees are shallow and my
         | stylesheets long.
        
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