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

See, this is the problem with SO-- every answer so far has made a valid point and should be considered the final answer. Let me try to sum up:

• CSS is good! To expand further, there is a learning curve but once you learn it many things will be much easier.
• (Some) Browser inconsistencies are solvable generically.
• (Some of your) Variable and calculated field functionality can be taken care of through whatever templating engine you use.

I think a combination of all these certainly solves a large sum of problems (although to be fair deeply learning CSS is not an option for everyone; some people just don't use it enough to justify the time).

There are some problems none of the above points cover (certain types of calculated fields would require writing a JS library for, me thinks) but it's certainly a good start.