> Reading this, it occurs to me that designers probably had little to no input into the creation of HTML and CSS.
You're right, and I think this makes sense given the history that Mark recounts. Originally, HTML was a format for marking up documents. I imagine there weren't many designers interested in improving a document markup language.
Only in the last ten years, with HTML becoming a common way to build business websites and then full applications, has the widespread involvement of designers in building web pages become commonplace. When HTML and CSS were formulated in the 1990s, there weren't any "web designers" to speak of.
You're right, and I think this makes sense given the history that Mark recounts. Originally, HTML was a format for marking up documents. I imagine there weren't many designers interested in improving a document markup language.
Only in the last ten years, with HTML becoming a common way to build business websites and then full applications, has the widespread involvement of designers in building web pages become commonplace. When HTML and CSS were formulated in the 1990s, there weren't any "web designers" to speak of.