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Normalize.css v1.0.0

by necolas on 8/15/12, 8:14 AM with 30 comments

  • by espeed on 8/15/12, 9:44 AM

    For more on Normalize.css, see "About Normalize" (http://nicolasgallagher.com/about-normalize-css/), esp "Normalize vs Reset".
  • by aidos on 8/15/12, 9:32 AM

    This looks nice - will have to try it out later to see how it behaves. It's good to see a detailed breakdown and justification for each of the rules instead of a blanket styling dumped in with no thought.

    I'm working on a project at the moment that has div {float:left} in the reset and it makes me weep.

  • by VMG on 8/15/12, 11:01 AM

    I'm kind of suspicious of these kinds of things. Especially the "subtle improvements" can have unintended effects.

    Can I really just include without worrying about it?

  • by joshfraser on 8/15/12, 4:12 PM

    I'm torn on this. There's a lot of code in here that most sites will never need. I hate bloat, especially on the frontend which is responsible for 90% of site speed. On the other hand, using this as your starting point for a new project will probably save you a fair amount of time. Perhaps start with this then rip out the stuff you don't end up using?
  • by TazeTSchnitzel on 8/15/12, 11:33 AM

    They make textarea display in sans-serif?[0]

    No thanks. rows and cols should mean something :(

    [0] https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/normali...

  • by kondro on 8/15/12, 9:13 AM

    Looks pretty good. Need to back-port a couple of my projects to use a reset like this because the slight variations between Chrome/Firefox/IE are starting to get on my nerves. Now just have to find some time for such a low-priority backlog item.
  • by branola on 8/15/12, 9:51 AM

    Is this something one could use as an alternative to "HTML5 Boilerplate" or does it serve a different purpose?
  • by madmikey on 8/15/12, 9:12 AM

    Well, for beginners, this will kill the basic idea to remember necessary things, But hey.. good job!