Happy Xmas!

The comment in the CSS was meant as a reminder to anyone who used the reset for themselves. I mean, it explicitly says to remember to define focus styles! As in, change this value to have visible outlines. I completely failed to anticipate two things:

1. That so many would use the reset.
2. That so few would read it and pay attention to the notes within.

That said, the coming revision of the reset will either drop that rule or modify it to something like 3px dashed red to drive home the point I was trying to make. More likely it’ll be dropped.

I’d like to propose that the :focus entry is revised…

/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus {
outline: 0;
}

Removing the outline is all well and good but the big problem is that developers rarely provide an alternative, and for people like me who rely on keyboard navigation this essentially renders many sites useless. Every time I find such as site it makes me think “Eric Meyer reset used!”.

Also I would question as to whether removing the outline is a genuine “reset” or just designer vanity?

Would appreciate your thoughts.

I have been doing some research on CSS, and discovered ‘CSS Frameworks, Blueprint CSS + Reset’. I noticed CSS framework has:
* typography.css for basic typographic rules,
* grid.css for grid-based layouts or
* layout.css for general layouts,
* form.css for basic form styling,
* general.css for further general rules

Does your CSS reset cover all these aspects?

Thanks in advance
CHEERS :)

Thanks!