Topic: Eric Meyers CSS Reset

Has anyone tried techniques similar to this one yet:

http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/01/reset-reloaded/

Here's his reasoning behind using a CSS reset:

http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/04/18/reset-reasoning/

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Seems like all you'd be doing is trading one set of defaults to learn (browsers') for another set (this CSS). Assuming it's comprehensive (looking at it, I highly doubt it is), that might still be an improvement, but...

...what happens when new browser versions alter what's required? Just wait until Meyer updates it for you? Not very self-sufficient.

I've always found even just * { margin: 0; padding: 0; } overkill, anyways. If you have an odd spacing issue, you can drop it in temporarily to know it's margin or padding, and then narrow down the selector systematically if it's not obvious to figure out just what exactly you need to set. You'll still have to do this using a bit of 'reset' CSS like this, only it'll be in reverse.

I only skimmed the pages, but if he explains the reason for including each line, it will of course be a useful bunch of data even if one does not use it (included).

The reset pretty much sets everything to 0.

I use a variation of this, the undohtml.css that Tantek published.

I find that it is useful.

The issue about a new browser version is somewhat mute. As the file is zeroing out all of the browser defaults the worst case scenario is that a new version of the browser will add some additional default setting that is not accounted for.

The reset is plain text so you can make a modification to the file yourself without much hassle.

Dan
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