Why use CSS to separate content from presentation? - Lemuel Cabia
Why do we need to use CSS to separate content from presentation? Here are some of my insights.
- It's part of the web standards guidelines to use style sheets (CSS) to control layout and presentation. WCAG Web Accessibility Initiative Guidelines and Recommendation: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-style-sheets
- The aim for web developers is to remove all presentation from the html code, leaving it clean and semantically correct.
- The site will be more accessible to a wider variety of devices.
- It will be easier to make site-wide changes - one css file rather than all pages.
- Smaller files = Faster download due to less code on the page.
- Less code on the page = Easier to code
- It allows users to customise to their own needs - style switchers.
- More control over code = Can deliver code in preferred order for screen readers
Reference:
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/benefits/index07.htm
