I read this article today about what has been caught by reading the specs on the new standard for CSS coming out.
It’s really an interesting idea. I could definitely see myself using them for the reasons they specify in the article but it is also interesting for the fact of what the next step might be. I’ve always had a confused outlook on .CSS being that it’s really it’s own “language”, but it’s not really a “programming language” in the way that I usually think about it.
It’s already a very powerful tool and just recently realized I have no idea how I would build a site without the standard div/span/.css process that I use now. (I know…cause I was asked to and had to ask another of our developers to do it instead)
Now though, the tool is getting even more powerful and it will really be interesting to see where they take it next. In my mind, I would think the next logical step would be into logic switches and loops, but we’ll have to see.
The sad fact is you know that IE will only support 75% of this new functionality so you’ll still have to put in your IE hacks to make it work.
