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Rossen Atanassov
@cssrossen
Microsoft Edge engineer, W3C CSSWG and CSS Houdini co-chair, dad, drummer, diver and a long-time fan of the Web!
Joined June 2009
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Could the Web be governed better? It needs to be.
Can we reform the W3C? It's happening as we speak.
So could we reform the W3C to bring about better governance for the Web? It requires change, but I think it's doable. Read on for some thoughts!
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Love how often there will be a CSS best practice floating around for years, like: 'This feature confused me once, NO ONE SHOULD EVER USE IT AGAIN'
Unrelated: yes Cascade Layers will fundamentally change how we use `!important`. Might even be confusing at first. So… ?️?️⛔️?
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Components should not be locked in by heavy framework dependencies and proprietary APIs.
It used to be necessary, but that was many years ago. Live in the present, build for the future.
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Wait, what, ?
Cascade Layers rolled out in Firefox stable release last Tuesday, and I missed it?! And setting aside the actual feature for a second,,,
Y'all, my first spec is in a production browser (& I didn't notice). It's like OMG, & also shrug, & also WHAT.
🤯🥳?🤯?️🥳🤯
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Between Twitter, Mastodon, ProtonMail and WhereBy ... living my life on desktop PWAs with this morning.
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This was a massive undertaking, a whole new tool to automate compat data collection, and thousands of PRs. I’m happy to have been on this journey with !
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I am so happy to say that after three years of hard work, we have finally achieved 100% real values for browser API data for @MozDevNet’s browser-compat-data project!
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One question that comes up with Cascade Layers is how it's different from, or relates to, the concepts of a component scope & name-spacing. Here's how I think about them:
- Scopes describe what is being styled
- Layers describe where that style 'comes from' in a system
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💥Visual Studio Insiders is a #PWA💥 insiders.vscode.dev. Here you see VS Code *installed* and running *offline* on my android phone. Boom. 🤯
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CSS (as a full specification) is now a quarter-century old. One generation. And still it continues to mature and deepen, like true love or a fine wine. Thank you to everyone who’s been a part of its story over all those years.
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Happy 25th birthday CSS1!
On December 17, 1996, W3C issued official recommendations for language specification, Cascading Style Sheets, level 1 (CSS1).
webdesignmuseum.org/web-design-his
#CSS1 #InternetHistory
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2021 was another super productive year for in benefit to our global society! We closed 636 GitHub issues and published 1 FPWD, 17 Working Drafts, 4 Candidate Recommendations, 6 CR Drafts, and 2 Recommendations. Congrats and Thank You!!
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Very humbling! Huge Thank You to all AC members who voted in this election. I will work hard to keep the Web awesome! Thank You!
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Congratulations to @cssrossen (@Microsoft), Dapeng (Max) Liu (@AlibabaGroup) and @sangwhanmoon (@Google) for their election to the @w3ctag! twitter.com/w3c/status/147…Show this thread
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BOOOM!!! So excited!
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The work done by open-ui.org is very exciting, and so important.
Early experimentation work in Edge makes built-in fully-stylable and accessible <select>s possible, no libraries or custom JS needed.
Check the demo in Edge Canary only: codepen.io/captainbrosset
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#CSS Scrollbars Styling Module Level 1 is a Candidate Recommendation (CR)
w3.org/TR/2021/CR-css which is a call for implementations, cc:
Thanks and congrats co-editors !
twitter.com/w3cdevs/status ...
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The #CSS Scrollbars module is for styling #scrollbars, in particular their color and width #timetoimplement
w3.org/TR/2021/CR-css
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A reminder that, if you work for a W3C member organisation, one of the most consequential votes your AC rep can take this year is about to close:
w3.org/blog/news/arch
Find your rep, encourage them to vote, and if it makes sense, please consider in your slate.
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I’m very humbled to be nominated and run for seat again! Seeing recommendations from past TAGarians like is an incredible feeling. If you are or know an AC rep, please vote!
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I'm pleased that @cssrossen is once again running and bringing his focus on keeping users on the web safe to this work.
If your company is a W3C member, please consider asking your AC rep to vote a slate that includes him.
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🗳️ Election time for the ! Three seats are to be filled and four people have been nominated as candidates: (), (), Dapeng (Max) Liu () and ()
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W3C opens Technical Architecture Group (TAG) election ift.tt/327LMab1
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Big news today for the gamers 🎮
The latest version of Microsoft Edge is now available on all Xbox consoles. The update comes with a more streamlined gaming experience across your signed-in devices, as well as mouse and sync support!
Learn more ➡️ news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/09/
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It is time to set the agenda for the week … and because we get asked how we do it… here is how :) with
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+++ 📣 Our next meetup will happen on Thursday! And we are super happy to have and present about the project, which aims at making the unstylable stylable ✨: native browser UI like <select>, <input type="file"> etc.
meetup.com/CSS-Cafe/event
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Woot!!
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Web Browser Security Test Results are in! Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox were tested for Phishing and Malware Protection. Reports are free. cyberratings.org/ratings/. Read the press release. cyberratings.org/news/pr/cyberr
Howdy, fellow web devs! 👋
If you're into web components and design systems, come work with me at Microsoft! I'm told this position is U.S. only, but remote is OK. careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/1060
My DMs are open if you want to learn more about the role or have any questions!
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Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975. #NewProfilePic and banner to help us celebrate our 46 years in style. 🎉
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Can you believe Microsoft Edge just launched over a year ago?
shares the top reasons why customers love using Microsoft Edge and what's next. ❤️ Watch here: msft.it/6013V8fvL
#MSIgnite
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Right - we are making sure that grid has a solid base first. The MSFT folks are currently working on GridNG which will solve a whole bunch of correctness and performance issues. Once we've got this in place the plan is to work on subgrid, and proper fragmentation.
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A huge +1
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And a sad farewell to @sundress and @davidbaron, who have been inspiring and fascinating to work with. You may be finishing your term as @w3ctag members, but don’t worry, we’ll still find issues for you to take on... :) Your expertise will be missed.
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In other election news… Congratulations Amy, Sangwhan, Tess and Lea on election to the ! And thank you so much to outgoing members and who have both made such an enormous impact on our work.
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Congratulations to Amy Guy (@digitalbazaar), Sangwhan Moon @sangwhanmoon (#W3CInvitedExpert), Theresa O'Connor @hober (@Apple), and Lea Verou @LeaVerou (#W3CInvitedExpert) for their election to the @w3ctag! twitter.com/w3c/status/134…
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Congratulations everyone!! This is a fantastic group and I look forward working with you all!
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W3C has elected new @w3ctag members. Congratulations to Amy Guy @rhiaro, Sangwhan Moon @sangwhanmoon, Theresa O'Connor @hober and Lea Verou @LeaVerou! Many thanks to departing TAG members @davidbaron and @sundress for their contributions
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CSS Text Level 3 transition to CR just approved.
2/3 of what was “CSS3 Text” went to CR as “CSS Writing Modes” and “CSS Text Decoration”; last third will go to CR on Tuesday as “CSS Text”.
It has been 18 years since its initial “Last Call Working Draft”. Finally hit zero issues
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2020, a year when the Web has been so vital to our global society, stepped up again! We resolved 192 issues, Published 4 Notes, 31 Working Drafts, 16 Candidate Recommendations and 1 Recommendation update. Congrats and Thank You!!
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The new @MicrosoftEdge puts any memes about browsers from Microsoft to rest. It's smooth, fast, and is our top Windows 10 app of 2020.
windowscentral.com/best-of-2020
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Wrote a thing on dev.to dev.to/torgo/why-get- about why you should get involved in web standards and how you can join the upcoming W3C TPAC breakout sessions.
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There are things in life we will never forget!... despite if they’re out of focus now! ❤️💔❤️ will miss you 🍾🥂
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There are days that I hate and there are days that I really hate!! Cheers
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