Comments on: The Great Specificity Swindle! http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:35:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jens Meiert http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-497147 Jens Meiert Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:45:24 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-497147 Sounds like panic everywhere … Myth 1 is certainly just one out of a many things that might be considered “mythical” by CSS novices; myth 2 has fortunately been fixed (read: clarified) by CSS 2.1, that is right. Sounds like panic everywhere …

Myth 1 is certainly just one out of a many things that might be considered “mythical” by CSS novices; myth 2 has fortunately been fixed (read: clarified) by CSS 2.1, that is right.

]]> By: babyboy808 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-480232 babyboy808 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:16:28 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-480232 Thank god Shady said something first. I totally agree, SP propoganda :) Thank god Shady said something first. I totally agree, SP propoganda :)

]]> By: omnicity http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-476920 omnicity Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:15:22 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-476920 So where is the swindle? Did I skip a bit by accident? So where is the swindle? Did I skip a bit by accident?

]]> By: mattymcg http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-473028 mattymcg Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:29:17 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-473028 <blockquote>“Specificity” is just about the most tongue-twistingest word, ever</blockquote> Second, only, to "tongue-twistingest"...

“Specificity” is just about the most tongue-twistingest word, ever

Second, only, to “tongue-twistingest”…

]]> By: Eric Meyer http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-471444 Eric Meyer Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:18:46 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-471444 The summation myth is present in the first edition of O'Reilly's Definitive Guide, but not the second or third editions. That's because I found out about all this between the first and second editions, settled on the comma notation as a way to disambiguate the situation (I tried hyphens first but didn't like the result), and pushed its use until it got into the CSS2.1 specification. So yeah, my bad, but hopefully I made up for it subsequently! The summation myth is present in the first edition of O’Reilly’s Definitive Guide, but not the second or third editions. That’s because I found out about all this between the first and second editions, settled on the comma notation as a way to disambiguate the situation (I tried hyphens first but didn’t like the result), and pushed its use until it got into the CSS2.1 specification.

So yeah, my bad, but hopefully I made up for it subsequently!

]]> By: BrianW http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-471215 BrianW Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:11:43 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-471215 Well the total score myth I believe is in <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/books/css-tdg/" rel="nofollow">O'Reilly's CSS Definitive Guide</a>. Well the total score myth I believe is in O’Reilly’s CSS Definitive Guide.

]]> By: kL http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-471139 kL Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:50:59 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-471139 I have come across some of these myths. They're not popular because most webmasters don't even have slightest clue about cascade/inheritance and they use only class selector for everything :) I have come across some of these myths. They’re not popular because most webmasters don’t even have slightest clue about cascade/inheritance and they use only class selector for everything :)

]]> By: Stormrider http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-471011 Stormrider Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:08:03 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-471011 I've come across them as well, but I knew how it worked. I'm glad you cleared up the 100x + 10y + z way of calculating specificity - that only works if there are less than 10 of each type of selector! I’ve come across them as well, but I knew how it worked. I’m glad you cleared up the 100x + 10y + z way of calculating specificity – that only works if there are less than 10 of each type of selector!

]]> By: Tyssen http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-468722 Tyssen Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:46:16 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-468722 I've come across both those myths before and not only on Sitepoint. I’ve come across both those myths before and not only on Sitepoint.

]]> By: Simon Mackie http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/comment-page-1/#comment-467796 Simon Mackie Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:39:15 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/14/the-great-specificity-swindle/#comment-467796 "Specificity" is just about the most tongue-twistingest word, ever :-) “Specificity” is just about the most tongue-twistingest word, ever :-)

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