I'd like to see CSS-shaped HTML like this: doctype html html { head { title Hello there script type='text/javascript' src='main.js' } body { p class='one two' { span Sample text } } } Is there an HTML preprocessor using a similar language?
Languages Which Almost Became CSS
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Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#102"HTML is the kind of thing that can only be loved by a computer scientist. Yes, it expresses the underlying structure of a document, but documents are more than just structured text databases; they have visual impact. HTML totally eliminates any visual creativity that a document’s designer might have. — Roy Smith, 1993" Seems like an odd request in 1993. Sure, Prodigy had visual impact, but it was pretty hard to read…
You also have to think about who the audience was (Unix users) and what they were used to (Gopher, irc, plaintext email). With all of those technologies they were used to being in control of the styling of what they consumed. One person's styles for irc could be completely different than another's, and that was fine. The idea that things should be published with one rigid style which must be used to consume it was fo…
Honestly, the web was better end-user experience for me on links in a terminal: I was able to read text and submit forms, and that's all I really need.
Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#103I'd like to see CSS-shaped HTML like this: doctype html html { head { title Hello there script type='text/javascript' src='main.js' } body { p class='one two' { span Sample text } } } Is there an HTML preprocessor using a similar language?
Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#104I'd like to see CSS-shaped HTML like this: doctype html html { head { title Hello there script type='text/javascript' src='main.js' } body { p class='one two' { span Sample text } } } Is there an HTML preprocessor using a similar language?
Jade comes somewhat close but opts for the offside rule rather than brackets and abbreviates class and id with . and # respectively.
Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#105I'd like to see CSS-shaped HTML like this: doctype html html { head { title Hello there script type='text/javascript' src='main.js' } body { p class='one two' { span Sample text } } } Is there an HTML preprocessor using a similar language?
It's kind of like HAML: http://haml.info/
Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#106Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#107I'd like to see CSS-shaped HTML like this: doctype html html { head { title Hello there script type='text/javascript' src='main.js' } body { p class='one two' { span Sample text } } } Is there an HTML preprocessor using a similar language?
Jade comes somewhat close but opts for the offside rule rather than brackets and abbreviates class and id with . and # respectively.
Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#108Re: Languages Which Almost Became CSS
#109"HTML is the kind of thing that can only be loved by a computer scientist. Yes, it expresses the underlying structure of a document, but documents are more than just structured text databases; they have visual impact. HTML totally eliminates any visual creativity that a document’s designer might have. — Roy Smith, 1993" Seems like an odd request in 1993. Sure, Prodigy had visual impact, but it was pretty hard to read…
You also have to think about who the audience was (Unix users) and what they were used to (Gopher, irc, plaintext email). With all of those technologies they were used to being in control of the styling of what they consumed. One person's styles for irc could be completely different than another's, and that was fine. The idea that things should be published with one rigid style which must be used to consume it was fo…
It's still not attractive to me, which is why I force my styling in Firefox on all website I visits. Though there's not much styling can be done in Firefox by default, but pretty happy with it