713: The CSS OG Eric Meyer. 1994 CSS, JS in Fridges, Tailwind, and Web Standards

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

01:58 Sick Picks Sick Picks Polypane

Shameless Plugs Igalia - Open Source Consultancy and Development

meyerweb.com

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