What makes CSS so special?

[Eyüphan Celebi]

Hello,

I know the times where the internet was without
CSS but I also remember that these sites did look
a but ugly compared to sites of today.
Now, CSS is something almost every webdesigner is
talking about. But I am asking myself what is so
special about it and moreover who is inventing it?

Thanks and regards

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[Liam Quin]

Post by Eyüphan Celebi
I know the times where the internet was without
CSS but I also remember that these sites did look
a but ugly compared to sites of today.
Now, CSS is something almost every webdesigner is
talking about. But I am asking myself what is so
special about it and moreover who is inventing it?

We've really no idea - maybe you should ask the people
who were involved with CSS? :-)

XSL des use CSS properties where possible, and we
like to think XSL is special too! Thank you for
writing.

Liam

[Eyüphan Celebi]

To be honest I heard about XSL first
time here in this forum. What exactly is
XSL and what can it do or do better?

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Datum: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:12:33 -0400
Betreff: Re: What makes CSS so special?

Post by Eyüphan Celebi
I know the times where the internet was without
CSS but I also remember that these sites did look
a but ugly compared to sites of today.
Now, CSS is something almost every webdesigner is
talking about. But I am asking myself what is so
special about it and moreover who is inventing it?

We've really no idea - maybe you should ask the people
who were involved with CSS? :-)
XSL des use CSS properties where possible, and we
like to think XSL is special too! Thank you for
writing.
Liam
--
Liam Quin, W3C XML Activity Lead, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/
http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/ * http://www.fromoldbooks.org/

[Michael Kay]

I know the times where the internet was without CSS but I
also remember that these sites did look a but ugly compared
to sites of today.
Now, CSS is something almost every webdesigner is talking
about. But I am asking myself what is so special about it and
moreover who is inventing it?

You can find information about the development of CSS within W3C at
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

You may find useful the background information about CSS development in this
book:

Cascading Style Sheets, designing for the Web, by Håkon Wium Lie and Bert
Bos (3rd ed., 2005, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-19312-1)

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay