Ask HN: Who Invented CSS?

Posted by esac on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:00PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Google suggests a person who suggested the idea, who was the first to implement it at a decent scale?

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Re:Ask HN: Who Invented CSS? by oddballdensity on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:22PM (#33401357)

I admit I'm horrible at CSS really design in general. But the inventor was and had to be a sadist

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Re:Ask HN: Who Invented CSS? by HeckaSmart on Monday October 31, 2022 @12:22AM (#33402037)

It's not that bad. What made is worse is that every browser is a little bit different and it needed to support mobile devices over time.

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Re:Ask HN: Who Invented CSS? by andrei_says_ on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:59AM (#33402761)

Could you point out specifically what aspects of CSS cause unnecessary pain?

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Re:Ask HN: Who Invented CSS? by slater on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:36PM (#33401441)

iirc, IE5 for Mac's Tasman engine (1999/2000) was the first to showed what could be done w/ CSS when it's properly supported.

Edit: And yeah, it was Håkon Wium Lie who wrote the first draft, I think?

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