January 5th, 2024 × #CSS#Web History#Web Standards
The CSS OG Eric Meyer. 1994 CSS, JS in Fridges, Tailwind, and Web Standards
In this episode Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski interview Eric Meyer, prominent figure in web standards known for his early work developing resources for CSS. He reflects on the evolution of CSS over decades of work, from early textbook-like specs to extensive modern testing suites, and shares thoughts on popular frameworks, keeping pace with browser features, and where web tech is embedded.
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Eric Meyer about his start on the web, the early days of CSS, where CSS is headed, are we going to lose a browser, and more!
Show Notes
- 00:32 Welcome
- 01:26 Who is Eric Meyer?
- 05:44 In the earliest days, what browsers supported CSS?
- 10:23 The current web platform test suite
- web-platform-tests
- 17:59 Are CSS features shipping faster these days?
- 20:45 CSS learning from preprocessors
- 26:24 What do you think about Tailwind and inline CSS?
- 33:26 Alternative spaces where CSS may be used
- CSS Speech Module Level 1
- The World Wide Web Consortium Issues CSS2 as a W3C Recommendation
- 37:17 Do companies push CSS forward for a business use case?
- 44:06 Trying to keep up with all the things is difficult
- 48:19 What's on Eric Meyer's CSS wishlist?
- 54:35 Supper Club Questions
- Bruce Lawson
- Firefox Nightly desktop, Android and iOS.
- SerenityOS
- The Ladybird browser project
- Thunderbird — Free Your Inbox. — Thunderbird
- Arc from The Browser Company
- Mozilla Foundation - Homepage
- 01:01:58 Sick Picks
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