Improving CSS
Of the trinity of web technologies, CSS is by far the worst at this stage. It's a language that begs for more power.
Wouldn't it be cool if you could do this?
@variables {
NEAR_INFINITY_ORANGE: #C96522;
}
div.header {
background-color: var(NEAR_INFINITY_ORANGE);
}
or do property transitions like this:
div {
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 1s linear;
}
div:hover {
opacity: 1;
}
or do transformations on elements?
#downloadLink {
transform: rotate(10deg)
}
... well it's coming, and in some cases already here. The last two are already working in Safari 3.1 and there is a spec for CSS variables.
Hopefully we are past those days where a spec is released, but no one could use it until 5 years later. Ajax took ~6 years for crying out loud.
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