Shane's Blog

I remember the weight of separation vividly. I remember writing custom JavaScript to replace the <a> tag’s target attribute because it added behavior to HTML. I remember dropping the <font> tag from my arsenal of tools, something I don’t regret.

In principle, the rule of separation was good. It helped us explain the best practice and implementation of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It spun the web toward a brighter future. Separation vanquished the <font> tags, spacer gifs and inline JavaScript that polluted the web for years. In the old web structure, presentation and behavior lived in one layer but the principle of separation divided them.