One Photo: Reset Style Sheets

Published on Dec 24, 2010 (updated Jun 24, 2017), filed under development, css. (Share this post, e.g. on Mastodon or on Bluesky.)

This post may or may not be crystal clear. Of later reset critiques a Google+ post probably sums it up best. If you’re looking to learn when a website uses a reset, check out the Reset Style Sheet Highlighter Chrome extension.

Development of a website: default styling, custom styling, that’s it. Unless you take the “no styling” detour via reset style sheets. — Drive home right away or make a stop at the corner store.

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