There's little doubt that there's a lot of room for the designer who learns to use CSS well. Skillfully applying the combination of structured markup and CSS for presentation offers the opportunity to create easily managed and beautiful websites.
The passion for CSS and web standards in general is an odd one. But it is part of a necessary movement if technology is to be firmly rooted in solid, reliable methods and still branch out to reach new horizons. That passion is what is revolutionizing the way people creating web pages work. In Chapter 9, 'Wired News: A Visual Tour,' you'll learn how a designer you met in this chapter, Douglas Bowman, helped make web history when he convinced Wired News to redesign its site using CSS layout exclusively.