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Russ: For designers and developers who are just
getting into web standards, what is the most
important aspect of css to get a handle on?

Eric: The #1 most important aspect? I'd have to
say the "cascading" part, which encompasses
not just the cascade but also inheritance,
specificity, and selector construction. Once you
get all that down, the rest is visual details.

After that, I'd say thoroughly understanding
visual formatting, both block and inline, is crucial.
You can save yourself a ton of headaches if you
know how things are supposed to work, instead
of assuming that CSS will act the way you
expect it to work. Like any language, CSS has
rules, and ignoring them is just going to lead to
confusion.

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