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by unmole 1072 days ago
> Ordinary class names, done properly, add semantics to Web pages

CSS classes added semantics, really? Assuming that is true, who exactly was this visible to? Definitely not any reasonable definition of society as the GP claimed.
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cxr 1072 days ago
Yes, really.

> CSS classes added semantics

They're not "CSS classes":

> Classes are a markup concept. The class attribute predates CSS; CSS's selector language lets you target "classified" content, but it's not like classes were invented for CSS.

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36630297>

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