Category: CSS
How Cascading Style Sheets are implemented in current browsers, what we can do with the language, and what to look forward to.
Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston
The end of the font element
It was announced on the HTML Working Group mailing list this morning that the font element will be absent from the next draft of the HTML5 specification. The inclusion of font in the spec was controversial, as many (including myself) thought it was a purely decorative element that had no place in semantic code.
Of course, browsers […]
Unveiling my new theme
Anyone not reading this in an RSS feed will notice that I’ve installed a new theme. I was never really happy with the previous one, as it was based on a design that had been rejected from another project and was called into action before it was ready.
I’ve given this one a version number of 0.5, […]
CSS Variables proposal is released
I mentioned CSS Variables previously, and now the proposal has been published and I agree with authors Daniel Glazman and David Hyatt when they say:
We expect CSS Variables to receive a very positive feedback from both the Web authors’ community and browser vendors.
The syntax will be to declare the variables using the @variables at-rule, then calling them […]
Future CSS: variables and calculations
The W3C came under a lot of heavy flak last year for being slow, cumbersome, bureaucratic, etc; there were calls for a CSS2.2 (which I seconded) which rounded up all the existing implemented features, and for the CSS Working Group to be disbanded - a lighter, alternative task force, the CSS Eleven, was set up […]
Acid 3: It’s not about winning, it’s about taking part
It’s an exciting time to be a web developer, as all four major browsers have released / are releasing new versions with extended CSS & HTML support. However, as Opera and Webkit race to be the first to score 100% on the Acid3 test, a lot of people are getting caught up in the excitement […]
Safari 3.1 introduces web fonts for all
Apple have released Safari 3.1 for Windows and OS X (and Linux using Wine) today, and the feature that really stood out for me was the introduction of web fonts. Website makers have been bound to the same core fonts for years now, so suddenly having a huge palette to choose from is going to […]
Aside
It was announced on the HTML Working Group mailing list this morning that the font element will be absent from the next draft of the HTML5 specification. The inclusion of font in the spec was controversial, as many (including myself) thought it was a purely decorative element that had no place in semantic code.
Of course, browsers will still have to support the element because of the many legacy sites on the web; but as of now any software that generates mark-up should use the style attribute instead. It’s a small increment better.
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