Why are many Amiga users anti-CSS?

[HenryCase]

Thought it might be good for a little change of subject.

One thing I've noted on Amiga forums is that many in the Amiga communities seem very against CSS. I find this puzzling, as managing a single CSS file is much more efficient than managing dozens or hundreds of HTML files.

So why the CSS hate?

It's simple, the browsers for classic Amigas don't support it (excluding some ports of OWB and Netsurf that aren't stable & optimised enough for day-to-day use).

That was easy. Next question.

[HenryCase]

Ahhh... Cheers Jorkany...

Read it now...

Still none the wiser...

Think about it like this. When you design a website, you most likely want the pages to have a similar look. For example, on amiga.org you've got a mostly blue and white theme, certain fonts, etc.... If you design a page with just HTML, you have to write that you want those style settings on every page. With CSS, you can instead save these style settings in one file, and say 'use this style' by linking to this one file.

Think of it like a style template. Time is saved by only needing to write out the style settings once. I hope that makes sense.

PHP is also worth understanding too, if you want a fuller picture of how websites are put together, but one thing at a time. :-)