63 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)
Believe me, the mods here feel *very* strongly about the possible removal of CSS (I've already voiced my disapproval in the thread you've linked).
I've had a love-hate relationship with Reddit's CSS over my year-and-a-bit as mod here, with most of the "hate" coming from all the accidental mistakes I've made with it and had to rapidly hotfix while hoping nobody noticed, but at the end of the day, there is *so much* that CSS lets us do. The spoiler filters, the quote generator, the goddamn *gorgeous* night mode (cough /u/ChronaMewX cough) -- this sub just wouldn't be the same otherwise.
While yes, they *do* want to replace it with something... will it ever be quite as flexible as CSS is? A lot of this sub's most integral CSS features are pretty much hacks, yeah, but it's the expansiveness of it that means that we *can* hack things. If what we get in replacement is just a load of radio buttons asking us to pick colours of things... what would we have done for this year's April Fool's? Just switch everything to blue??
We were actually already planning on making a more official post about this, but for now... thanks a lot. Let's hope we can continue our work in the least limited way possible.
Comment by AlexB9598W at 24/04/2017 at 20:09 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yeah, I was prompted because of a post on r/StarVSTheForcesofEvil, which just did wonders with an added Dark Mode that doesn't even require RES, and now they're worried that's gonna go kaput with these proposed changes. And while I haven't been here for long, this is one of the better-moderated subreddits I frequent, and certainly one of the most creative, so I'd hate for it to lose its personality that it's built up over the past year.
Comment by Phermaportus at 25/04/2017 at 02:32 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You guys should add your name at the /r/ProCSS sticky thread.