Water.css
Dev tools
css stylesheet
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
16 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Design: 5 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice, clean, useful for quick pages.
From 3 comments
This looks really nice, clean & functional. I'm integrating this into my personal website at this moment. Thanks!
whouweling on HNThis is wonderful! Thank you.
crushcrashcrush on HNThis looks really fun. Thanks for showing. Look forward to trying it.
ngold on HN
Dark theme and light theme options appreciated.
From 2 comments
Why? I make a bunch of tiny static websites for API demos and such, and always run against the same problem: I hate the browser's default styles but don't want to spend time…
archmaster on HNLooks really good! Definitely would use something like this for some quick pages alright. Two minor pieces of feedback — when I click "Switch theme", it seems to take you to…
another-dave on HN
Objections
Browser default styles are fine or preferable to some.
From 2 comments
The default style for browsers (if you do not put any css) looks rather good to me. I do not honestly understand what is the problem.
enriquto on HNI happen to prefer the browser's default styles. I only ever need to tamper with them if the browser's default styles are not used.
zzo38computer on HN
Table design and checkboxes/radio support have issues.
From 2 comments
That looks pretty neat. The table layout is ugly, though. As this is a pretty basic HTML table, you can't do much but you can certainly do better than a table with all borders. I…
bhaak on HNIt seems to support check boxes but not radio buttons.
bastawhiz on HN
Not suited to structured documents with navbars and footers.
From 1 comment
I would like to see a version for those of us that structure our documents. What is this structure you speak of? Most people assume HTML has a 'head' and a 'body'. The head has…
Theodores on HN
Requests
Add a simple CDN URL for including the CSS.
From 1 comment
If your aim is to help people snazz up quick HTML pages, it would be helpful to have as simple URL to include the CSS. Something like watercss.com/light.css. This way, we don't…
pradn on HN
Add prefers-color-scheme support.
From 1 comment
You should consider shipping a combined css file that uses the prefers-color-scheme media query to show dark or light as appropriate!…
peter_l_downs on HN
Support for radio buttons and footers.
From 2 comments
It seems to support check boxes but not radio buttons.
bastawhiz on HNThanks for the feedback, although I would like to make the point: Water.css does style structured websites and doesn't involve any floats or div tags anywhere. If not for…
archmaster on HN
Questions
Is it similar to Milligram?
From 1 comment
Is it similar to milligram[0] ? I'm genuinely asking, because my CSS "awareness" is so terrible, despite years of web development experience. I just can't figure CSS out. [0]…
gingerlime on HN
Mixed content warning from the cat image.
From 2 comments
Mixed content warning due to the cat picture.
andreareina on HNLooks really good! Definitely would use something like this for some quick pages alright. Two minor pieces of feedback — when I click "Switch theme", it seems to take you to…
another-dave on HN
Alternatives named
Milligram
From 1 comment
Is it similar to milligram[0] ? I'm genuinely asking, because my CSS "awareness" is so terrible, despite years of web development experience. I just can't figure CSS out. [0]…
gingerlime on HN
Skeleton
From 1 comment
http://getskeleton.com has been around since 2013, plus a dozen others. Sounds more like a discoverability issue?
ricardobeat on HN
Picnic CSS
From 1 comment
This reminds me of picnic.css [0], which uses the same technique of styling everything nicely by default, but adds some options for changing things when you want. [0]…
kej on HN
Tacit
From 1 comment
Tacit [1] does a little bit of this. https://yegor256.github.io/tacit/
taspeotis on HN
Bootstrap
From 1 comment
You're describing Bootstrap 3.
onion2k on HN