Subject: CSS, XSL & "Religious Schisms" (RE: syntax feedback) From: Laurie Mann <laurie.mann@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:06:14 -0500 |
> From: Sebastian Rahtz [SMTP:s.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >what has always amazed me, as an observer, is who the great defenders >of CSS are. it is quite recent, it has never been fully implemented, >and it is agree by all parties to be a nasty hack. its a sort of orc, >so far as one see. So why, when XML and XSL come along, is it not >allowed to die an honourable death? where are these millions of users? >when did you last see a web page using CSS? I'm a fan of CSS. No, it's not perfect but it's pretty easy to use and does at least 75% of what I need it to do without undo agony. And, yes, I do use it on many (though not on all) pages that I've created. I think the current debate over CSS/DSSSL/XSL goes back to completely forgetting that you have a huge range of people using the Web and online HTML-based doc. You have early-adopters who are always going to want the latest and greatest of whatever is available, whether it's a standard or not. But you have many other folks who struggle to remember to put <p> between every paragraph. <blink> is still a big deal to about 10% of the folks out there on the Web. And one of the useful things about browsers is supposed to be their forgiving natures. CSS is a lovely tool for those of us who are in the middle. We find HTML's limitations on format frustrating and we don't have the technical resources to build pages dynamically. CSS lets you tag things any way you want and then, when you want to make formatting changes, you only need to make them in one place. That for many of us is what makes CSS so handy. Many folks are on the sidelines about XSL. I'm sure I'll need to learn it eventually, particularly once I delve more deeply into XML. But there's no reason why both CSS and XSL can't both be maintained. They don't appear to be in conflict. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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