Eric Meyer
|
|
Eric A. Meyer is the author of several well-known books on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), a part of the HTML standard. According to Meyer "The primary advantage behind CSS is very basic. It leads to smaller files.” The technology was developed in 1994 by Håkon Wium Lie (Opera Software), but languished for years because of poor implementation by software companies more interested in pursuing competitive browser wars than in interoperability. Meyer has been an influential champion of the technology, and an educator in its use. His books helped create market demand for better CSS standards conformance. Partly as a result of his work, as advocate and as consultant to Netscape, between 2000 and 2004 browsers gradually came into better conformance with CSS. As of 2004, CSS is an important and widely used web technology.
Meyer has been a web designer since the 1990s. He remains active as the List Chaperone of CSS Discuss (http://www.css-discuss.org). Some of his pioneering Cascading Style Sheets concepts can be viewed at css/edge (http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/). Mr. Meyer is a former employee of Netscape Communications Corporation, Case Western Reserve University, and The OPAL Group (http://www.theopalgroup.com/). He is currently a consultant for, and founder of, Complex Spiral Consulting (http://www.complexspiral.com) as well as a founding member of the Global Multimedia Protocols Group.
Bibliography
- More Eric Meyer on CSS ISBN 0735714258
- Eric Meyer on CSS ISBN 073571245X
- Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide ISBN 0596005253
- Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer's Reference ISBN 0072131780
- CSS Pocket Reference ISBN 0596001207
Notable Speaking Engagements
- Humanely Wielding a Clue By Four: Reflections on Managing a Massive Mailing List (http://www.notacon.org/speakers.html#meyer) Notacon, April 8-10, 2005
- The Construction of S5; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOM (http://www.notacon.org/speakers.html#meyer) Notacon, April 8-10, 2005
- High-Powered Style (http://www.notacon.org/archive/2004/speakers.html#meyer) Notacon, April 23-25, 2004
- Getting Friendly With (X)HTML (http://www.notacon.org/archive/2004/speakers.html#meyer) Notacon, April 23-25, 2004
External Links
- Eric Meyer's Personal Website (http://www.meyerweb.com/)
- CSS/Edge (http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/)
- CSS Discuss (http://www.css-discuss.org)
- Turning the Tables using CSS (http://www.apple.com/pro/words/meyer/)