Ask HN: Who Invented CSS? 4 pointsesac3 years ago4 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNGoogle suggests a person who suggested the idea, who was the first to implement it at a decent scale?Comments−slater3yiirc, 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?−oddballdensity3yI admit I'm horrible at CSS really design in general. But the inventor was and had to be a sadist−HeckaSmart3yIt'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.−andrei_says_3yCould you point out specifically what aspects of CSS cause unnecessary pain?
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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?
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.
Could you point out specifically what aspects of CSS cause unnecessary pain?