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Mostly a programmer, and not really. To be honest I would be much happier with better CSS capabilities (better syntax, variables) than video tags and whatnot. I
by decadentcactus 17y ago
Mostly a programmer, and not really. To be honest I would be much happier with better CSS capabilities (better syntax, variables) than video tags and whatnot. I'm not against it obviously, but probably won't be rushing out to learn all the new features.
- Semiapies 17y agoYes, I'd be much more interested in better CSS, solving layout problems, etc., then adding every tag someone can throw into a hat.
- brlewis 17y agoOK, so what about what the new elements do for CSS? Won't style sheets be more portable now that we have <aside>, <article>, etc.?
- DougBTX 17y agoUnless new features are added to CSS, I suspect <aside> and <article> will behave exactly like <div>s do today.
- brlewis 17y agoRight now a CSS file for one site won't work for another. With HTML5, sometimes it will. I find that a little exciting. Imagine portable themes.
- elliottkember 17y agoSure, that's exciting. But imagine designers not having to test in every browser for rendering bugs. Imagine testing in one browser and being sure it was going to work for everybody, just as fast, and look just as good. I think it'd be a huge, huge step forward. After that, HTML5 all the way!
- rimantas 17y agoUhm? Maybe you mean "unless browseres have predefined CSS rules for new elements"?
- DougBTX 17y agoNo, I don't mean that. If you want to have a design work across different browsers, one of the first things you have to do is find a common baseline. This is where things like reset.css come in, which overrides many predefined styles. I'll try re-wording my post: I suspect <aside> and <article> will have the same styling possibilities as any other block level element for a particular version of CSS.
- rimantas 17y agoIn this case, they do. As do <foo> and <bar> and any other element you can come up with.