[Wsuug] Conditional CSS revisited

[Reese]

Andrew Jaswa wrote:

> Ok now I'm confused.
> 
> What did you mean by this:
> 
> "Who is opposed to shiny, sparkling clean code at the presentation level?
> Sure, it means slightly more obfuscated code behind the scenes..."
> 
> In my book the presentation level is what *gets sent* to the browser
> and not necessarily what is written *to get sent* to the browser.

I misspoke, confusing the presentation layer with the code that layer
is generated from. My point was that if semantic code is one of the
goals, then "pretty" code (i.e. appropriate use of whitepace) makes
it easier to achieve, maintain, and troubleshoot.

Because if improved semantic value is not a goal, we can throw out
the whole DOM and separation of structure and presentation as needless
complexity and write tables-based HTML 3.2 or 4.0 like it was 1996.
While we eagerly await the 2022 release of HTML 5.  ;)

Reese