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CSS Turns 10 Years Old

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the celebrating-in-style dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Cascading Style Sheets celebrate their tenth anniversary this week. The W3C put together the CSS10 site in recognition of this milestone with a Hall of Fame, essays from the past decade, a gallery, and more." I was glad to see the CSS Zen Garden selected for the Hall of Fame, and disappointed (but not surprised) that no browser on my computer correctly renders the Acid2 test.

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  1. ACID2 Compliance by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Interesting
    "[I was] disappointed (but not surprised) that no browser on my computer correctly renders the Acid2 test."


    Time to get a new computer.

    Here's a list of ACID2 compliant browsers. It's longer than one might think.
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  2. 10 years old... by Kelson · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...and we're still waiting for a complete CSS2 implementation. Though to be fair, CSS2 is only 8.5 years old, and has been undergone a couple of minor revisions. I've seen good comparisons of browser support for CSS2 and CSS3. Anyone know of a good summary of current browsers' CSS1 support?

    1. Re:10 years old... by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It's pretty poor IMO that a widespread standard such as CSS 2.0 still isn't implemented fully by any browser.

      Maybe that's not only because browser developers have been lazy (IE) or preoccupied with rewriting the browser from the ground up (Netscape/Firefox) for the past 8.5 years, but also because CSS 2.0 is a convoluted, sloppily designed specification?

  3. Uh oh by sirnuke · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Uh oh
    #navigation li Invalid number : text-shadow Property text-shadow doesn't exist : 0 2px 4px #000

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  4. Re:CSS turns 10, typographers still crying by croddy · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The great thing about a personal computer is that I can customize the settings to my personal preferences. If, god help us all, you ever do find a way to embed typefaces in web pages, I'll be painlessly overriding your designs with black Bitstream Vera on a pale gray background.

    I can't wait either.