Re: Comments on CSS...

Paul Prescod (papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca)
Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:07:57 -0500


At 12:21 PM 12/1/95 -0500, Keith D. Tyler wrote:
>Someone calling themselves Glenn Adams babbled something about...
>-> As I see it, CSS is going to be doomed if convergence isn't reached quickly
>-> on the basic framework. Once that is in place, adding new style properties
>-> is doesn't require much work in terms of syntax or specification language.
>
>CSS is going to be doomed if its not good enough for people to want to use.
>Professional & advanced web authors are going to want professional &
>advanced functionality, and it is these people that are most likely going
>to decide the fate of CSS et al.

Never forget HTML 1.0. Almost too limited to be useful. Almost. But it
was simple, and it was in the right place in the right time. Had it been
late, we would all be using HyperPDF or PostGopher today.

Paul Prescod