Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Love it or hate it, CSS is weird! It doesn't work like most programming languages, and it doesn't work like a design tool either. But CSS is also solving a very weird and unique problem: What does it mean to "design" in a medium that is appears on everything from tablets, laptops, and TVs to braille readers, watches, and headphones?
As the web becomes more powerful and complex, it's important to ask: how did we get here, and where are we headed?
Links:
- The first website: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) mission: w3.org/Consortium/mission
- Emulated WorldWideWeb browser: https://worldwideweb.cern.ch/
- Emulated Line-Mode browser: http://line-mode.cern.ch/
- Dao of Web Design: alistapart.com/article/dao
Love it or hate it, CSS is weird! It doesn't work like most programming languages, and it doesn't work like a design tool either. But CSS is also solving a very weird and unique problem: What does it mean to "design" in a medium that is appears on everything from tablets, laptops, and TVs to braille readers, watches, and headphones?
As the web becomes more powerful and complex, it's important to ask: how did we get here, and where are we headed?
Links:
- The first website: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) mission: w3.org/Consortium/mission
- Emulated WorldWideWeb browser: https://worldwideweb.cern.ch/
- Emulated Line-Mode browser: http://line-mode.cern.ch/
- Dao of Web Design: alistapart.com/article/dao
