CSS Zen Garden FAILS

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Don’t get me wrong, you can still view the CSS Zen Garden. It’s just that the newest entries are over a year old, with nary a hope for more.

Why is this? Well, first off, IMHO, the CSS Zen Garden has run its course. It has served its’ purpose, and is no longer needed. Dave Shea started the CSS Zen Garden in order to demonstrate to designers what could be accomplished with CSS2. This mandate has largely been fulfilled. We’re onto CSS3 (which has a slow and steady adoption).

When I first started out, the CSS Zen Garden was included into the staple of web standards perfection, a body which demonstrated what could be accomplished with CSS alone. Nonetheless, with the advent of various JS libraries, CSS adoption by itself looks to be pretty uninspiring. Sure, CSS works when JS is disabled, but how many of you know users who browse the web with JS disabled? And use a sub-par browser, at that? I didn’t think so.

CSS Zen Garden, rest in peace.

Posted by Jesse on 01/19 at 03:42 AM

Posted by mittin February 06, 2010

Hello there, i just came across your site, I have been learning css for a few weeks now, and alot of web design forums always link Zen garden on their link of resources to show what css cna do.  so is the stuff I have been learning out of date now?  if so where do i get books to learn css3.

thanks

Posted by Jesse February 08, 2010

No, the CSS Zen Garden is still a great reference to learn the power of CSS, but lately it’s been inactive and there’s been little energy put into the project. Nonetheless, you can still learn a great deal about CSS by pulling apart some of those sites.

If you’re interested in CSS3, I’d head over to SmashingMagazine.com and search through their archives - just remember that the CSS3 isn’t implemented consistently across modern browsers.