TabAtkins

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1. 31.▲
   by TabAtkins 14y ago

   We already have this: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/...
2. 32.▲
   by TabAtkins 14y ago

   As bkardell said, math is in CSS now with calc() http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#calc-notation Color manipulation will be in Colors level 4, whenever I get the time to work on it (probably early next year).
3. 33.▲
   by TabAtkins 14y ago

   Many of the most exciting upcoming features in CSS don't gracefully degrade well. Variables are one, yes, but the same is true of Flexbox or Grid Layout, Regions, and others. One thing that will help (once it's supported, heh) is the @supp
4. 34.▲
   by TabAtkins 14y ago

   Syntax isn't frozen. Here's another possibility: :root { $header-color: #06c; } h1 { background-color: $header-color; } (Note that the spec's use of the :root pseudo is just to generically declare "global" variables that should apply to th
5. 35.▲
   by TabAtkins 14y ago

   You can't write a server-side implementation of canvas or AJAX either. ^_^ It is possible to create a polyfill for CSS variables if you use JS as well. You can do a mostly-working one relatively easily that covers the simple, static case