Abstraction away from CSS

Question

Many frameworks seek to abstract away from HTML (custom tags, JSFs component system) in an effort to make dealing with that particular kettle of fish easier.

Is there an

Answer 1

This elaborates on my previous answer.

When I first started using CSS I also thought it was a pain that it didn't support variables, expressions, etc. But as I started to use it more and more, I developed a different style to overcome these issues.

For example, instead of this:

a { color: red }
.entry { color: red }
h1 { color: red }

You can do:

a, .entry, h1 { color: red }

You can keep the color declared in one spot by doing this.

Once you use CSS enough you should be able to overcome most browser inconsistencies easily. If you find that you need to use a CSS hack there is probably a better way to do it.