Posted by Neredbojias on 09/04/07 08:08

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:48:13
GMT dorayme scribed:

>> Realistically, css is about as optional as the paint on a car. You
>> don't need it, the car will work, but... Anybody who turns css off
>> is a nitwit.
>
> I take that personally! I sometimes turn css off because a nitwit
> did the css in the first place.

Well, yeah, okay, but how often? The point is that without using
deprecated markup, css is just about the only styling option left. (I
suppose <h1>, etc., and things like <acronym> could be considered styling,
but they are germane in but few cases.)

Furthermore, css actually goes beyond styling into layout with options like
positioning, :before - content:, and even overflow. Today's Web is css
dependent, and only the most bare-bones and undesirable sites could exist
without it (... _or_, as I said, deprecated markup.)

> Actually, a white reflective paint job on a car keeps the inside
> cooler. There is a moral here about meaning. The distinction
> between style and content is not quite Sound of Music, it is
> dirtier.

I rather agree although I'd say the distinction between styling and layout
is the issue. Layout is required; styling technically isn't, but paint on
a car...

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Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.

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