Comments on: CSS Variables proposal is released

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:11:26 +0000

This was only a proposal, and doesn’t seem to have been met with widespread approval yet. I wouldn’t expect to see it implemented anywhere in the near future.

By: headhighguy

headhighguy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:55:37 +0000

I’m trying this in the latest Safari and Firefox browsers, but it seems to not work. Anyone out there who is already using CSS variables? Has it been implemented on those browsers yet?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:33:01 +0000

@ Arjan: It’s true that a search and replace would be useful in most cases, but not all; I think this is a very simple solution to cover all eventualities. And thanks for the info about the previews & Textile; I’ll look into it.

@ Binny: Using a $ would be the better solution for anyone used to using programming languages, but the use of enclosing brackets is more consistent when using functions in CSS (src(), calc(), etc).

By: Binny V A

Binny V A — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:14:12 +0000

I would have preferred something simpler/easier like $var_name — but then again, something is better than nothing.

By: Arjan

Arjan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:49:29 +0000

Ah, and Textile seems to break when I use a hash in the URL of a link…

By: Arjan

Arjan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:47:26 +0000

It is nice, but not required for most websites. Most of the times a simple Find/Replace action in the texteditor is enough.

I would enjoy it when browsers start to support the “CSS3 calc function”:http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#calc .

(By the way, your preview function breaks when I use an ampersand.)

By: Dave Woods - HTML, CSS, Web Design » CSS Variables

Dave Woods - HTML, CSS, Web Design » CSS Variables — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:13:56 +0000

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