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Aspects of modern HTML/CSS you may not be familiar with

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451 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 20:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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firefoxd ◴[29 Aug 25 06:04 UTC] No.45060733[source]▶
The worst thing about CSS is that a lot of people don't bother learning it, then have a strong opinion after they were forced to use it for a day.
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noelwelsh ◴[29 Aug 25 07:29 UTC] No.45061230[source]▶
> The worst thing about CSS is that a lot of people don't bother learning it

How dare people use CSS without learning in-depth all 20+ specifications! It's an outrage!

When people have problems using a tool, you should look at the tool rather than blaming the people. People aren't going to change. You don't tell people to be more careful using a bandsaw; you install safety features.

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rebane2001 ◴[29 Aug 25 07:35 UTC] No.45061266[source]▶
Would you hold another programming language, such as JS, to the same standard?
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1. wmil ◴[29 Aug 25 08:09 UTC] No.45061472[source]▶
Are you implying that having both String.prototype.substring and String.prototype.substr is somehow confusing?

JS is in general better because by the time it came out people knew what to expect from a scripting language.

CSS didn't really have a lot of earlier styling and layout languages to copy. Also the original vision was much more limited.

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2. timeon ◴[29 Aug 25 09:34 UTC] No.45062015[source]▶
> Also the original vision was much more limited.

Is this about CSS or JS (and things like Node)?