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0 pointssimonw1y ago0 comments

That's a historic artifact. If a browser shipped new default CSS today it would break 30+ years of existing web pages.

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They should have brought in nicer rendering with one of the HTML versions, or with a flag.

Oh absolutely, that ship has long since sailed, it's just me lamenting a world that could have been if something closer to simple.css or tufte-css had been the norm.

Though with "reader mode" becoming more popular I wonder if there's a place for a browser with more opinionated defaults.

MrVandemar1y ago

Hyperbole. It wouldn't "break" all the web pages, they would simply render differently.

california-og1y ago

There's a lot of sites between pure html and modern css. "Simply" rendering things differently would definitely break a lot of sites. Just imagine if browsers started defaulting to *{box-sizing: border-box;}.

MrVandemar1y ago

I applied it to my site for a minute. Didn't break a thing. Just noticed a slight indent to a few things.

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thejohnconway1y ago

They should have brought in nicer rendering with one of the HTML versions, or with a flag.

asoneth1y ago

Oh absolutely, that ship has long since sailed, it's just me lamenting a world that could have been if something closer to simple.css or tufte-css had been the norm.

Though with "reader mode" becoming more popular I wonder if there's a place for a browser with more opinionated defaults.

MrVandemar1y ago

Hyperbole. It wouldn't "break" all the web pages, they would simply render differently.

california-og1y ago

MrVandemar1y ago

I applied it to my site for a minute. Didn't break a thing. Just noticed a slight indent to a few things.

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