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by wmil 293 days ago
That's incredibly arrogant phrasing by both you and the author.

Here's a better explanation of the hostility towards CSS.

Nested flexbox had bugs in IE11, which wasn't end of lifed until 2022. The nested CSS in the article came out in December 2023.

CSS first came out in 1996.

The current state is much improved, but don't pretend there wasn't a solid 20+ years of sucking before that.
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archerx 293 days ago
I’ve always found CSS trivial to use and I’ve done some complex styles. I really wonder what people who complain about CSS are doing.
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bryanrasmussen 293 days ago
>Nested flexbox had bugs in IE11, which wasn't end of lifed until 2022.

how is I hate CSS because IE was poorly maintained a serious argument?

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icedchai 293 days ago
For a long time, from the late 90's until roughly 2012, IE was the most popular browser. You had no choice but to work with it. If it didn't "work on IE", it didn't work.
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archerx 293 days ago
Yea and people over exaggerated about it just like people over exaggerate things today like how hard CSS. The technology progress but people’s refusal to learn and desire to whine on the internet has stayed the same.
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icedchai 293 days ago
This is true, but the dominance of IE and its quirks, especially during the early 2000's, should not be underestimated. The browser situation, especially on Linux, was absolutely abysmal then.
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bryanrasmussen 291 days ago
I don't think flexbox really started being used until 2013 at the earliest, the comment I replied to was complaining about 2022 and a flexbox bug in IE. This 2012 thing doesn't seem to relate at all to the subject.

on edit: I know it was in WD in 2009 but I'm pretty sure it was around 2013 that people started playing with it. I think it started being popular in 2014-2015.

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icedchai 291 days ago
My comment was more about the prevalence of IE in general, not flexbox specific. There were tons of IE quirks that had to be dealt with.
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archerx 293 days ago
They will cling to any cope they can because it’s easier than learning the tool properly.

“It’s not MY fault, it’s a browser no has used in 10 years fault! I can do no wrong!”

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