I agree completely, especially on a web app that is constantly growing. 2 on-the-job things that help me the most are:
1. Using the 960 grid system (or your preferred grid flavor)
2. Grouping by the following:
Body
Typography
Forms
(Other global stuff like links and buttons)
/* Layout Element 1 /
ID1 {}
ID2 {}
class1 {}
class2 {}
/ Layout Element 2 */
ID3 {}
ID4 {}
class3 {}
class4 {}
I also write my styles on one line, but that's just personal preference. I find it easier to scan down for the selector, then across for the property I want. I definitely don't do it for aesthetics or file size ;)
Their points are valid of course...but it seems laughably naive to treat this as some kind of cause that developers should rally around. And their response to "why don't you build a better version' made me laugh - it sort of encapsulates internet culture in general. I'd like to see more links to better sites for rank beginners than this "call to arms" stuff.
I wrote the "why don't you build a better version" text as a response to "Internet Culture," which mandates that if you want to point out that something is bad, you actually have to build a better alternative yourself.
If I ride on a boring, crappy rollercoaster, I don't need to open up my own theme park in order to air my frustrations.
A lot of the people who worked on w3fools spend a lot of time helping actual other human beings who need support in building websites, and encounter the errors from w3schools regularly, and we invest our time in those and other endeavours. W3schools said "we're going to spend OUR time on building an entry-level reference that everyone can use," and we want
a) the community to be well-aware of its caveats
b) it to improve
Eight year old kids in full pads is ridiculous - the helmets are so big that every hit is helmet to helmet. Their arms barely extend past the helmet, so how are they supposed to wrap up? I used to see drills like this all the time, and wonder why, considering that the kids couldn't execute basic run, pass and catch drills:
http://guyism.com/sports/nasty-pee-wee-football-helmet-to-he...
