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   Message 133,842 of 135,536   
   Nuno Silva to All   
   Re: The Web (HTML) Sux   
   24 Dec 25 11:43:38   
   
   From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-22, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:43:14 -0800, John Ames wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:27:19 -0000 (UTC)   
   >> Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> This is why browsers allow you to override site style definitions   
   >>> with your own.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, but it would be very much nicer if that wasn't *necessary.*   
   >   
   > On the contrary. This is an integral part of the whole concept of   
   > separating form from content.   
      
   That there's often not an easy way to override rules without   
   site-specific code is a great disadvantage. Maybe some implementation   
   can make this easier with special handling of user styles.   
      
   I find myself having to use !important a lot when doing CSS hacks.   
      
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