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A modern alternative to CSS resets

19 mentions on Hacker News by 19 people: 3 stories, 16 comments · first 2011-06-08 · latest 2025-10-27

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  1. …(as an alternative to a reset like http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ ) found at https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/normali... There's also this short reset: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/custom-css-reset/
    comment by keane · 2025-10-27 · in Tags to make HTML work like you expect
  2. …. It was last touched five years ago. The better-known normalize.css is https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css . It was last touched seven years ago. There’s a reason neither has seen more recent activity: they were mostly about
    comment by chrismorgan · 2025-10-25 · in Normalize.css
  3. Actually, there are two normalizes. The first was: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css
    comment by reconnecting · 2025-10-25 · in Normalize.css
  4. …ugly. normalize.css fixed this problem by setting the line-height to 0 and using position relative. https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/normali...
    comment by flanbiscuit · 2022-10-03 · in Cool HTML elements nobody uses
  5. …existing framework than to just use CSS yourself. But what I do use sometimes is a CSS reset like https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css And what I also use is this CSS boilerplate: https://github.com/frontaid/natural-selection…
    comment by FrontAid · 2021-01-19 · in Ask HN: What is your CSS framework of choice?
  6. You should use a CSS reset stylesheet like https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css instead.
    comment by nlightcho · 2020-09-10 · in Annoying website features I face as a blind person
  7. ▲ 3
    Ask HN: Why using “system font stack” when you can just use “sans-serif”?
    story by fireattack · 2019-10-25 · 1 comment
  8. …package for 5 css rules. Reading the description this guy seems to be searching for normalize.css https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/normali...
    comment by hit8run · 2018-06-13 · in CSS Micro Reset
  9. …pulls down the latest version. The changes to normalize are listed here (Skeleton includes v3.0.2): https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/CHANGEL...
    comment by peller · 2016-12-27 · in Ask HN: Should I learn Bootstrap 3 or 4 at this moment?
  10. …which documents the subtle (and not so subtle) differences in how browsers handle certain elements: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css
    comment by alwillis · 2015-08-25 · in Writ – Opinionated, classless styles for semantic HTML
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    Ask HN: What are your staple tools for creating a good UI/UX?
    story by dennybritz · 2014-07-01 · 6 comments
  12. …files made by other people without understanding what they do. For example, lot's of people use https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css , without realising that it will turn off automatic text size adjustment on the iPhone. That's fine if…
    comment by jakobe · 2014-04-13 · in What do you need to make a successful web app?
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    Please help get rid of normalize.css
    story by bpierre · 2013-04-29 · 11 comments
  14. …elements, you can get individual mixins and styles from one the bootstrap-sass projects[5] [1] https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/ [2] http://bourbon.io [3] http://neat.bourbon.io [4] http://typeplate.com [5]…
    comment by prisonguard · 2013-03-10 · in Bootstrap 3 preview
  15. Changelog: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/CHANGEL...
    comment by Torn · 2012-08-21 · in Normalize v2.0.1 - optimized for modern browsers
  16. They make textarea display in sans-serif?[0] No thanks. rows and cols should mean something :( [0] https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/normali...
    comment by TazeTSchnitzel · 2012-08-15 · in Normalize.css v1.0.0
  17. 2 things I would change. 1. There should never be a css reset, normalize is better. https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css or with IE6/7 junk removed: https://github.com/CoryMathews/normalize.css 2. Structure the file in the method…
    comment by CoryMathews · 2012-03-12 · in Show HN: I decided to document and share my high-level CSS best practices
  18. > Not like one would continually check out the latest version. Why not? It's being updated regularly: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/commits/master
    comment by timdorr · 2012-02-28 · in About normalize.css: a modern, HTML5-ready alternative to CSS resets
  19. > and I don't know what a "user default" is. https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/normali... There's nothing earth shattering, but some things have non-zero margins, sub/sup have offsets, etc. CSS resets basically strip all…
    comment by lpolovets · 2011-06-08 · in Normalize.css: An alternative to CSS resets