AI web expert profile of the day: Elika “fantasai” Etemad

This is a “just for fun” series in which I’m asking OpenAI’s ChatGPT for 10 quotes from famous web experts. The content of the quotes may be wrong - in fact, assume they are entirely bogus (if you reshare include a similar notice). What’s real is respect and love for everyone of these experts. Thank you for your work in web design and development.

Elika "fantasai" Etemad is a well-known contributor to the web standards community, particularly in the area of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). While specific quotes may not be as widely circulated as those of some other figures, here are a few insights and statements attributed to Elika "fantasai" Etemad:

  1. "Browsers should match each other; they don't have to match the spec."

  2. "CSS is a language designed for understanding by both humans and machines."

  3. "One of the most important principles of writing specs is to be consistent."

  4. "If a specification doesn’t make sense, it’s not just an authoring problem, it’s a spec problem."

  5. "The primary responsibility of specifications is to be unambiguous."

  6. "The key to writing a successful spec is to make it implementable by multiple vendors."

  7. "Think of your browser as a user agent, not as a rendering engine."

  8. "Specificity is a drug. The more you have, the more you need."

  9. "CSS is a powerful tool, but with power comes complexity."

  10. "The challenge in CSS is always to do as much as you can with the least amount of code."

Please note that the accuracy of these quotes may depend on the sources available, as not all quotes are universally attributed and verified.