Excellent article -- this kind of concise history is something beginners need now more than ever. Also, I think it's ridiculous that CSS could be considered the

Excellent article -- this kind of concise history is something beginners need now more than ever. Also, I think it's ridiculous that CSS could be considered the hardest language to learn but I can forgive the hyperbole. One nitpick: I wish the article had started with a html file that used style properties to influence DOM nodes though -- the <link> tag is basically glossed over, could be a stumbling block.