Ask HN: Who Invented CSS?

#1

Post by esac » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:00 AM UTC

Google suggests a person who suggested the idea, who was the first to implement it at a decent scale?

Re: Ask HN: Who Invented CSS?

#2

Post by oddballdensity » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:22 AM UTC

I admit I'm horrible at CSS really design in general. But the inventor was and had to be a sadist

#3

Post by slater » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:36 AM UTC

iirc, IE5 for Mac's Tasman engine (1999/2000) was the first to showed what could be done w/ CSS when it's properly supported.

Edit: And yeah, it was Håkon Wium Lie who wrote the first draft, I think?

#4

Post by HeckaSmart » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 4:22 AM UTC

oddballdensity wrote: post #2

I admit I'm horrible at CSS really design in general. But the inventor was and had to be a sadist

It's not that bad. What made is worse is that every browser is a little bit different and it needed to support mobile devices over time.

#5

Post by andrei_says_ » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 6:59 AM UTC

oddballdensity wrote: post #2

I admit I'm horrible at CSS really design in general. But the inventor was and had to be a sadist

Could you point out specifically what aspects of CSS cause unnecessary pain?