huijing (npub1ywr…t0lz)’s awesome talk at Web Directions code mentioned that CSS was not initially intended to be a tool for handling layout. Which, I’ve gotta say, is surprising 🤯 but also not that surprising.
Check out where it’s mentioned in appendix E of CSS level 1:
“CSS1 does not offer:
…
• a layout language: CSS1 does not offer multiple columns with text-flow, overlapping frames etc.”
https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/#appendix-e
#WDC24 #WebDirections #WebDirectionsCode
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2024-06-20 23:19:49
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