# Diagnostic Styling - Eric Meyer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/diagnostic-styling-eric-meyer/241806>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [October 18, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/diagnostic-styling-eric-meyer/241806 "2007-10-18T10:38:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/diagnostic-styling-eric-meyer/241806/1 "2007-10-18T10:38:43Z")

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Just saw this great post on Eric Meyers site and thought as well all have an interest in CSS (ranging from deep interest to mild indifference) I thought I’d post it here

> **[Eric's Archived Thoughts: Diagnostic Styling](http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/09/07/diagnostic-styling/)**
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> A still-evolving set of styles for identifying problems in your markup.

A great idea, why hasn’t this been an industry standard for years?