One thing I get is specificity: This selector: > .carousel .panes .pane .slide-title{} Is different from this selector: > .slide-title{} I'd prefer the 1st

One thing I get is specificity: This selector: > .carousel .panes .pane .slide-title{} Is different from this selector: > .slide-title{} I'd prefer the 1st variant if it weren't for the verbosity, so I use SASS to organize and generate my CSS.