I admittedly don’t think about this idea very often… how efficient is the CSS that we write, in terms of how quickly the browser can render it?
This is definitely something that browser vendors care about (the faster pages load the happier people are using their products). Mozilla has an article about best practices. Google is also always on a crusade to make the web faster. They also have an article about it.
Let’s cover some of the big ideas they present, and then discuss the practicalities of it all…