[HN Gopher] CSS Dig
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       CSS Dig
        
       Author : mhb
       Score  : 65 points
       Date   : 2022-10-22 16:16 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cssdig.com)
        
       | breck wrote:
       | Would be cool if you could just put in a URL and see it work
       | without doing a chrome extension
        
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       | neongreen wrote:
       | Hm. Where exactly does it report the found issues? I used it on
       | my web app and I see a lot of selectors&properties but nothing
       | else.
        
       | throwthere wrote:
       | I read through this a few times to see what it does. It helps
       | find inconsistencies in your webpage design. It does that by
       | reporting the frequency of properties and the frequency of
       | property values in your CSS. You then evaluate that report for
       | potential problems. For instance, shades of blue that are meant
       | to be the same but slightly off. Or font-sizes that are 14px
       | somewhere and 16px somewhere else.
        
       | vmoore wrote:
       | Just a heads up: this is a tool for complex CSS code-bases. If
       | you keep your CSS minimal and terse you don't really need this.
        
         | Etheryte wrote:
         | This is pretty much a non-argument, you could just as well say
         | you don't really need a debugger if you keep your programs
         | minimal. Certain problems have inherent complexity and no
         | abstraction can remove that intrinsic property. You can run a
         | 20-line CSS file for your personal blog where every page looks
         | the same, but you will need more for complex applications with
         | a number of different views, layouts, etc.
        
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