Myth
Dev tools
css postprocessor
SHOW HN2013
357points
152comments
#22of 1,739 in 2013
Top 2%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
12 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 30 critical, out of 64 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Design: 6 for, 16 againstIdea: 5 for, 9 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever idea of writing plain CSS with variables and calc
From 3 comments
I've avoided the CSS preprocessors for some reason, something about learning a CSS pseudo-language just didn't feel right. The idea behind this however is awesome. You're writing…
xauronx on HNWow what a great idea. Nicely executed, love the demo page.
prezjordan on HNDefinitely going to give this a try. I really appreciate the apparent simplicity and creativity of this tool. It avoids the need to learn the odd syntax of LESS/Sass for those of…
abvdasker on HN
Demo page and design look nice
From 2 comments
Wow what a great idea. Nicely executed, love the demo page.
prezjordan on HNThe site looks gorgeous and is perfectly readable in Firefox 25 on Ubuntu. Also this looks pretty neat; I wasn't super interested in learning to use Sass/LESS or working it into…
djokkataja on HN
Objections
Not a true polyfill; var and calc behave differently than the spec
From 3 comments
This only polyfills some of these features in the most superficial way. To polyfill some of these features according to spec., you need to do it in the browser. For example: ```…
JimDabell on HNThis looks pretty cool. It should probably explain that it's a static subset of the spec, and not actually a polyfill for the spec itself. Since the spec allows for dynamic,…
coderzach on HNYou all should be aware that it is impossible for CSS preprocessors/postprocessor to fully replicate calc() and var(). For example, you won't be able to do something like…
jackmoore on HN
Does not match LESS/Sass features like nesting and mixins
From 1 comment
> Myth lets you write pure CSS while still giving you the benefits of tools like LESS and Sass. Having a "polyfill" is certainly a valid justification. But this doesn't come…
crazygringo on HN
Landing page font is hard to read on Windows and Chrome
From 4 comments
Oops. Landing page font is almost unreadable in Chrome Version 30.0.1599.101 (Windows XP)
codegeek on HNWhat's up with the font? It looks like a disaster on Chrome @ Windows.
Kiro on HNTiny text is unreadable on Windows Chrome.
pc86 on HNWhy do front-end developers not test their website cross-browser and platform? The font chosen doesn't render properly on Windows with Opera or Chrome.
philliphaydon on HN
Requests
Grunt module for Myth
From 1 comment
Is there a grunt module for Myth? Thanks very much for this, I'm looking forward to using it.
loupeabody on HN
Explain it is a static subset rather than a polyfill
From 1 comment
This looks pretty cool. It should probably explain that it's a static subset of the spec, and not actually a polyfill for the spec itself. Since the spec allows for dynamic,…
coderzach on HN
Questions
Can it post-process LESS output reliably
From 1 comment
Can Myth postprocess LESS output and guarantee that it'll "just work"? I like the vendor prefix feature (although there's a 'LESS Prefixer' project too).
nawitus on HN
Alternatives named
Rework
From 2 comments
It's basically a rework (https://github.com/visionmedia/rework) distribution with a couple of plugins bult in. I you need finer grained control, take a look at rework itself. We…
eknkc on HNActually, nesting like that creates unneeded higher specificity. You'll end up with .titlebar .titlebar-button and you'll end up running into race-conditions with specificity and…
anthonyshort on HN
LESS and Sass
From 2 comments
> Myth lets you write pure CSS while still giving you the benefits of tools like LESS and Sass. Having a "polyfill" is certainly a valid justification. But this doesn't come…
crazygringo on HNI used to be a big supporter of Sass, but now I prefer the simplicity of CSS. Look at almost any Sass project and it's usually overly complicated. I stopped writing Sass a few…
anthonyshort on HN
LESS Prefixer
From 1 comment
Can Myth postprocess LESS output and guarantee that it'll "just work"? I like the vendor prefix feature (although there's a 'LESS Prefixer' project too).
nawitus on HN