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DaWei · Oct 20th, 2007, 6:56 PM

Unfortunately, things get tricky. C++ is as good an example as CSS. One solution is to get on a standards committe, fight for 5 years or so, and still lose half the battles.

The other solution is to gut it up and do the best you can do in the face of constraints imposed by those deal in words and taurine excrement, rather than deeds.

Don't get me wrong: some of those who contribute to laying down the rules are extraordinarily sharp. They, too, fight losing battles. Web "standards" (I know of no actual standards, but who's counting) seem to be particularly lacking. Perhaps the best people are busy elsewhere.

Oct 20th, 2007, 6:56 PM	#10
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Re: Why is CSS such a mess? Unfortunately, things get tricky. C++ is as good an example as CSS. One solution is to get on a standards committe, fight for 5 years or so, and still lose half the battles. The other solution is to gut it up and do the best you can do in the face of constraints imposed by those deal in words and taurine excrement, rather than deeds. Don't get me wrong: some of those who contribute to laying down the rules are extraordinarily sharp. They, too, fight losing battles. Web "standards" (I know of no actual standards, but who's counting) seem to be particularly lacking. Perhaps the best people are busy elsewhere. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers