Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2
= Index DOT Html/Css by Brian Wilson [bloo@blooberry.com] =

Index DOT Html: Main Index | Element Tree | Element Index | HTML Support History
Index DOT Css: Main Index | Property Index | CSS Support History | Browser History

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Authors: Bert Bos, Ian Jacobs, Håkon Lie, Chris Lilley
Specifications
Documentation - http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/
Timeline:
- First public working draft of CSS2 released - November 1997
- CSS2 becomes W3C proposed recommendation - March 1998
- CSS2 becomes W3C recommendation - May 1998
What CSS2 covers
CSS2 builds on CSS1, integrating several intermediate CSS syntax proposals (Aural CSS, printing and positioning extensions) aiming for full backward compatibility, which it comes close to achieving. CSS2 still somehow manages to introduce radical new rendering capabilities as well. As use of web documents becomes ubiquitous, alternate rendering paradigms have proliferated (and are expected to increase in usage.) CSS2 allows the author to tailor their pages to these different rendering modes (such as Braille, handheld devices, printers, and aural devices.)

Other changes from CSS1:
  • Did we mention the new media capabilities? They are really cool.
  • A complex visual rendering mechanism, including the concept of Absolute and Relative positioning of elements.
  • Powerful mechanisms for specifying font characteristics for improved matching.
  • A vastly improved Selector specification system now exists, allowing a finer granularity of document specificity while also generalizing the syntax for non-HTML languages.
  • Properties and rules controlling International features.
  • New properties allowing control over cursors, outlines, and table display.
  • Automatically generated content capabilities.

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