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Incomplete list of mistakes in the design of CSS

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197 points OuterVale | 5 comments | 11 Dec 25 04:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.931s | source
1. Devasta ◴[11 Dec 25 08:23 UTC] No.46228922[source]▶
For me, the mistake is having style attributes in html.

You should be able to write

<div color="red" font-weight="bold"/>

Instead of

<div style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"/>

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2. silverwind ◴[11 Dec 25 09:07 UTC] No.46229192[source]▶
These namespaces do not merge cleanly, for example `content`.
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3. Devasta ◴[11 Dec 25 11:08 UTC] No.46229955[source]▶
Oh for sure, its way way too late to do it, but I don't think much of any of the modern web stack would be kept if we designed in the 90s with what we know now.
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4. netsharc ◴[11 Dec 25 11:15 UTC] No.46229999[source]▶
Guess who wasn't around when HTML3.2 was introduced...

How about to control the color of links, add the color attributes for links in body?

https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/SPSD-html32-20180315/#body

5. dbbk ◴[11 Dec 25 16:11 UTC] No.46233189{3}[source]▶
This literally exists. You can use the <font> tag if you really want.