What exactly does normalization in CSS do?

Question

I was trying some code with unordered lists in HTML on JSFiddle and I was irritated to death to find out that the bullets in the

won\'t show for no appar

Answer 1

Normalize is used to rest browser CSS. each and every browser having their own property for each DOM element and this property changes browser to browser.

html {
  -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
  /* 2 */
  -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
  /* 2 */
}
a,
abbr,
acronym,
address,
applet,
article,
aside,
audio,
b,
big,
blockquote,
body,
canvas,
caption,
center,
cite,
code,
dd,
del,
details,
dfn,
dialog,
div,
dl,
dt,
em,
embed,
fieldset,
figcaption,
figure,
font,
footer,
form,
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6,
header,
hgroup,
html,
i,
iframe,
img,
ins,
kbd,
label,
legend,
li,
mark,
menu,
meter,
nav,
object,
ol,
output,
p,
pre,
progress,
q,
rp,
rt,
ruby,
s,
samp,
section,
small,
span,
strike,
strong,
sub,
summary,
sup,
table,
tbody,
td,
tfoot,
th,
thead,
time,
tr,
tt,
u,
ul,
var,
video,
xmp {
  border: 0;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 100%;
}
article,
aside,
details,
figcaption,
figure,
footer,
header,
hgroup,
menu,
nav,
section {
  display: block;
}
b,
strong {
  font-weight: bold;
}
img {
  color: transparent;
  font-size: 0;
  vertical-align: middle;
  -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;
}
ol,
ul {
  list-style: none;
}
ol li,
ul li {
  display: list-item;
}
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  border-spacing: 0;
}
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}
form {
  height: 100%;
}
/***************************************************************************************
* GENERAL STARTS
***************************************************************************************/
body {
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 18px;
  color: #444444;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
a {
  color: #3a7da3;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #444444;
  outline: none !important;
}
a:focus {
  color: #444444;
  outline: none !important;
  text-decoration: none;
}
a.active {
  color: #444444;
  text-decoration: none;
}
a.btn:hover,
a.btn:focus {
  text-decoration: none;
}
a .normal-link {
  color: #444;
  text-decoration: none;
}
a .normal-link:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
p {
  font-size: 12px;
  margin-bottom: 15px;
  line-height: 20px;
}
.silent-text,
.silent {
  color: #a1a1a1;
  display: inline-block;
}
small,
.small {
  font-size: 11px;
}
/***************************************************************************************
* HEADINGS STARTS
***************************************************************************************/
/* All Headings */
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1.2;
}
h1,
.title {
  font-size: 36px;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
h2,
.sub-title {
  font-size: 30px;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
h3,
.title {
  font-size: 24px;
}
h4 {
  font-size: 18px;
}
h5 {
  font-size: 16px;
}
h6 {
  font-size: 14px;
}
/***************************************************************************************
* COMMON CSS STARTS
***************************************************************************************/
input[type=text]::-ms-clear {
  display: none;
}
.form-control {
  border-radius: 3px;
  -moz-border-radius: 3px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
  background: #f9f9f9;
  border: 1px solid #ffffd;
  color: #444;
  padding: 6px 8px;
}
.form-control:focus,
.form-control.active {
  background: #ffffff;
  border-color: #cccccc;
  box-shadow: none;
  transition: border .2s linear;
  -webkit-transition: border .2s linear;
}
.form-control:focus {
  outline: none;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.form-control-sm {
  padding: 3px 8px;
  height: auto;
}
.form-control[disabled],
fieldset[disabled] .form-control {
  cursor: not-allowed !important;
}
.form-control.active::-webkit-input-placeholder {
  /* Chrome/Opera/Safari */
  color: #444444;
  opacity: 1;
}
.form-control.active::-moz-placeholder {
  /* Firefox 19+ */
  color: #444444;
  opacity: 1;
}
.form-control.active:-ms-input-placeholder {
  /* IE 10+ */
  color: #444444;
  opacity: 1;
}
.form-control.active:-moz-placeholder {
  /* Firefox 18- */
  color: #444444;
  opacity: 1;
}
.form-control::-webkit-input-placeholder {
  /* Chrome/Opera/Safari */
  color: #BDBDBD;
  opacity: 1;
}
.form-control::-moz-placeholder {
  /* Firefox 19+ */
  color: #BDBDBD;
  opacity: 1;
}
.form-control:-ms-input-placeholder {
  /* IE 10+ */
  color: #BDBDBD;
  opacity: 1;
}
.form-control:-moz-placeholder {
  /* Firefox 18- */
  color: #BDBDBD;
  opacity: 1;
}
.has-error,
.form-control.has-error,
.form-control-validation {
  border-color: #cc0000;
}
.has-warning,
.form-control.has-warning {
  border-color: #f0ad4e;
}
.has-success,
.form-control.has-success {
  border-color: #5cb85c;
}
.has-error-text,
.form-group .has-error-text {
  color: #cc0000;
}
.has-error-text,
.form-group .has-error-text {
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 11px;
  margin-left: 8px;
  line-height: 14px;
}
.has-warning-text {
  color: #f0ad4e;
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 11px;
}
.has-success-text {
  color: #5cb85c;
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 11px;
}
@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: active), (-ms-high-contrast: none) {
  select.form-control {
    padding-left: 6px;
}
}
@supports (-ms-ime-align:auto) {
  select.form-control {
    padding-left: 7px;
}
}
/************************
Margin/Padding
*************************/
.m-t-xl {
  margin-top: 30px;
}
.m-t-lg {
  margin-top: 20px;
}
.m-t-md {
  margin-top: 15px;
}
.m-t-sm {
  margin-top: 10px;
}
.m-t-xs {
  margin-top: 5px;
}
.m-t-0 {
  margin-top: 0;
}
.m-b-lg {
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.m-b-xlg {
  margin-bottom: 50px;
}
.m-b-md {
  margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.m-b-sm {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.m-b-xs {
  margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.m-b-0 {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.m-l-lg {
  margin-left: 20px;
}
.m-l-md {
  margin-left: 15px;
}
.m-l-sm {
  margin-left: 10px;
}
.m-l-xs {
  margin-left: 5px;
}
.m-l-0 {
  margin-left: 0;
}
.m-r-lg {
  margin-right: 20px;
}
.m-r-md {
  margin-right: 15px;
}
.m-r-sm {
  margin-right: 10px;
}
.m-r-xs {
  margin-right: 5px;
}
.m-r-0 {
  margin-right: 0;
}
.p-t-lg {
  padding-top: 20px;
}
.p-t-md {
  padding-top: 15px;
}
.p-t-sm {
  padding-top: 10px;
}
.p-t-xs {
  padding-top: 5px;
}
.p-b-lg {
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.p-b-md {
  padding-bottom: 15px;
}
.p-b-sm {
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.p-b-0 {
  padding-bottom: 0;
}
.p-b-xs {
  padding-bottom: 5px;
}
.p-l-lg {
  padding-left: 20px;
}
.p-l-md {
  padding-left: 15px;
}
.p-l-sm {
  padding-left: 10px;
}
.p-l-xs {
  padding-left: 5px;
}
.p-r-lg {
  padding-right: 20px;
}
.p-r-md {
  padding-right: 15px;
}
.p-r-sm {
  padding-right: 10px;
}
.p-r-xs {
  padding-right: 5px;
}
.no-mar {
  margin: 0 !important;
}
.no-pad {
  padding: 0 !important;
}
.p-l-n {
  padding-left: 0;
}
.p-r-n {
  padding-right: 0;
}
.p-t-n {
  padding-top: 0;
}
.ptb-20 {
  padding-top: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.font-md {
  font-size: 14px;
}
.font-lg {
  font-size: 16px;
}
img.img-responsive {
  display: inline-block;
  max-width: 100%;
}
.v-table {
  display: table;
}
.v-table-cell {
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
}
.relative {
  position: relative;
}
.float-none {
  float: none;
}
.d-i-b {
  display: inline-block !important;
}
.data-container {
  border: 1px solid #eeeeee;
  min-height: 600px;
}
.d-b {
  display: block !important;
}
.cursor-pointer {
  cursor: pointer;
}
.font-size-xs {
  font-size: 15px;
}
.text-left-xs {
  text-align: left !important;
}
.text-right-xs {
  text-align: right !important;
}
p.text-wrapping,
.text-wrapping {
  margin: 0;
  width: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
/*----- Text ellipes CSS end ----*/