12.05.2010

The History of CSS Resets

It doesn't sound very exciting, but this article is a pretty fascinating insight into how a few simple CSS tips transform into best practices and adopted throughout the Web Community. It also shows how collaborative Web development is as ideas are shared and improved upon rather than being closely guarded secrets (admitted it's hard to be secretive when anyone can click View Source):

Çelik’s reset quickly drew the attention of CSS guru Eric Meyer, who used Çelik’s work as a jumping-off point for his first attempt at a global reset, as well as a follow-up almost immediately thereafter.

The article contains some genuinely useful information, but it's a great reminder that something as simple as resetting a browser's stylesheet can be a complex evolution of various points of view and experimentation.