- From: Robert Hazeltine <rhazltin@bacall.nepean.uws.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:29:22 +1000 (EST)
- To: Erik <erik@inch.com>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
Eric On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Erik wrote: > CSS is largely uniteligble. It's C-like syntax is confusing to anyone > who is unfamaialr with C. The success of the web was and still is > hinged on simplicity. I agree with you entirely and I hope that the specification develops in such a way that it remains an open specification and that it maintains the original concept of simplicity. Having said that, I also think that there is a pressing need for style sheets. The solution, IMHO, is not to drop the idea but like HTML itself to keep the style sheets simple. Making more and more tags available to HTML just makes HTML more complicated too. If I may draw an analogy, the style sheet should have the same purpose of type setting a manuscript in print - content remains the same but the presentation varies according to the publication designer/graphic artists ideas. > W3's ideas will be left as a curious anachronism if they ignore the > demands of the users. Erik, you're probably right with this observation as well. I think it is so short sighted to develop the next generation of HTML piece meal. Rob... Robert Hazeltine r.hazeltine@nepean.uws.edu.au UWS Nepean Library Web Support http://www.nepean.uws.edu.au/library/
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