David Laakso wrote:
> What's so great about loading your style sheet with a ton of superfluous 
> stuff, hardly any of which pertains to what you have in your source 
> document?

Travis,

While I, too, generally use a (modified version of) Meyer's Reset.css
file, I use it to reset the styles of elements within a content
management system; most commonly for allowing a user to create (unknown)
source that I have styled specifically for the site. The shell of such a
system is generally (theoretically) composed of only a few elements
(divs and h1/2s).

I'm not sure what value you're gaining by applying it exclusively to the
shell.

To invert the application of the reset.css file, you'd have to alter the
specificity of each selector in the reset.css file to include only the
sections which are NOT div#mainContent. There is the CSS not() selector
modifier, but I'm fairly certain it does not yet have full browser support.

In your case, why not do away with Meyer's reset.css and only modify the
few elements you have outside div#mainContent, essentially creating your
own reset.css file?

Hope it helps.
--Bill

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