Re: CSS aims

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Ambrose Little <ambrogio@gmail.com> wrote:

> Personally, I would question the goal of complete decoupling itself. Too
> often we get consumed with conceptual purity to the detriment of actual
> usefulness. Instead of focusing on that conceptual purity, the better focus
> is looking at what we actually need to do, and coming up with the best way
> to help us do that.
>
> In the case of this specific issue, I actually don't have much objection
> even to inline styles<http://ambroselittle.svbtle.com/on-challenging-principles-and-best-practices>,
> much less other forms of coupling. And it is pretty much for the reason
> you're driving at--unnecessary complexity/bloat.
>


Right - what is "sellable" and "usable" or "palletable" are very often not
entirely inline with what is "academically best".  In fact, the later
almost never actually "wins" in my experience.  So really I guess it's
mostly about "what is a good middle ground aim"?

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Brian Kardell :: @briankardell :: hitchjs.com