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'{{Redirect|Hakon Lie|the Norwegian politician|Haakon Lie}} {{Infobox Person | name = Håkon Wium Lie | image = Håkon-Wium-Lie-2009-03.jpg | caption = Håkon Wium Lie | birth_date = 1965 | birth_place = [[Halden]], [[Norway]] | death_place = | occupation = [[Chief Technology Officer]] | salary = | networth = | spouse = | children = | website = [http://people.opera.com/howcome/ Personal homepage of Håkon W. Lie] | footnotes = }} '''Håkon Wium Lie''' (born 1965 in [[Halden]], [[Norway]]) is a web pioneer, a standards activist, and {{As of|2009|lc=on}}, [[Chief Technology Officer]] of [[Opera Software]]. He is best known for proposing the concept of [[Cascading Style Sheets]] (CSS) while working with [[Tim Berners-Lee]] and [[Robert Cailliau]] at [[CERN]] in 1994. As an employee at [[W3C]], he developed CSS into a [[W3C Recommendation]] with [[Bert Bos]]. CSS is one of the fundamental web standards, with profound impact on typography, aesthetics, and accessibility on the web. he is an idiot who can't stand that MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7, an OS made by MICROSOFT will have the MICROSOFT internet explorer's logo in the ballot screen, Along with his work on the CSS specifications, Wium Lie has been an activist for standards in general. Often, Microsoft's [[Internet Explorer]] has been his target due to its poor support for standards.<ref> [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/11/hakon_on_ms_interroperability/ Opera to MS: Get real about interoperability, Mr Gates]</ref> Also, he has argued against the use of [[XSL Formatting Objects | formatting objects]] on the web.<ref>[http://people.opera.com/howcome/1999/foch.html Formatting Objects considered harmful]</ref> Wium Lie proposed the [[Acid2]] test which was later developed and published by the [[Web Standards Project]].<ref>[http://news.com.com/The+Acid2+challenge+to+Microsoft/2010-1032_3-5618723.html?tag=nefd.ac Wium Lie's initial description of Acid2]</ref> In 2006, Wium Lie started campaigning for browsers to support downloadable web fonts using common font formats.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-forgotten-monopoly/2010-1032_3-6085417.html Microsoft's forgotten monopoly]</ref><ref>[http://people.opera.com/howcome/2008/atypi/ Web fonts: the view from the free world]</ref><ref>[http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cssatten CSS @ Ten: The Next Big Thing]</ref> {{As of|2009}}, all major browser vendors, except Microsoft, have implemented web fonts this way. Likewise, in 2007, Wium Lie started campaigning for the <code>video</code> element to make it easier to publish video on the web.<ref>[http://people.opera.com/howcome/2007/video/ A call for video on the web]</ref><ref>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5545573096553082541 Håkon Wium Lie giving a Google Tech Talk on &lt;video&gt;]</ref> Wium Lie has also promoted the concept of printing from the web.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcXUrNSvjhU Håkon Wium Lie and Michael Day giving a Google Tech Talk on printing from the web]</ref> His book on CSS, co-authored with Bert Bos, was produced from HTML and CSS files.<ref>[http://www.alistapart.com/articles/boom Printing a Book with CSS: Boom!]</ref><ref>[http://www.princexml.com/samples/#book A description of how the CSS book was produced from HTML and CSS into PDF]</ref> These files were then converted to [[PDF]] by the [[Prince XML]] formatter. == Education == Håkon Wium Lie attended [[Østfold College]], [[West Georgia College]], and [[MIT Media Lab]], receiving an MS in Visual Studies in 1991. On February 17, 2006, he successfully defended his [[PhD]] [[thesis]] at [[University of Oslo]]. His [http://people.opera.com/howcome/2006/phd/ PhD thesis] is an illuminating background to the origins of CSS and a rationale to some of the design decisions behind it—particularly as to why some features were ''not'' included and why CSS avoids trying to become [[DSSSL]]. == Career == He has worked for, among others, the [[W3C]], [[INRIA]], [[CERN]], [[MIT Media Lab]], and [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Telecommunication|telecom]] research in [[Televerket]]. In 2005, he joined the board of YesLogic, the company that makes the [[Prince XML|Prince XML + CSS formatter]]. ==Bibliography== Lie has, along with [[Bert Bos]], written a book on CSS, now in its third edition. *{{cite book |title=Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web |edition=1st |isbn=020141998X }} *{{cite book |title=Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web |edition=2nd |isbn=0201596253 }} *{{cite book |title=Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web |edition=3rd |isbn=0321193121 }} * {{cite web |title=Cascading Style Sheets: PhD thesis |url=http://people.opera.com/howcome/2006/phd/ |last=Lie |first=Håkon Wium |date=February 17th, 2006 |issn=1501-7710 |publisher=University of Oslo |location=Oslo, Norway |abstract=The topic of this thesis is style sheet languages for structured documents on the web. Due to characteristics of the web – including a screen-centric publishing model, a multitude of output devices, uncertain delivery, strong user preferences, and the possibility for later binding between content and style – the hypothesis is that the web calls for different style sheet languages than does traditional electronic publishing. Style sheet languages that were developed and used prior to the web are analyzed and compared with style sheet proposals for the web between 1993-1996. The dissertation describes the design of a web-centric style sheet language known as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). CSS has several notable features including: cascading, pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements, forward-compatible parsing rules, support for different media types, and a strong emphasis on selectors. Problems in CSS are analyzed, and recommended future research is described. }} == Personal Life == Wium Lie lives in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. There, he has started web-based campaigns against high-rise buildings<ref>[http://www.stoppblokk.no StoppBlokk campaign]</ref> and advertising in the public space.<ref>[http://www.stans.no Stans!no campaign] against advertising in Oslo</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://people.opera.com/howcome/ Personal homepage of Håkon W. Lie] *[http://www.w3.org/People/howcome/ Old homepage at W3C] *[http://www.w3.org/People/howcome/p/cascade.html The initial CSS proposal] {{OperaBrowser}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lie, Haakon Wium}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Norwegian engineers]] [[Category:Norwegian people]] [[Category:Opera ASA employees]] [[Category:Norwegian computer scientists]] [[ar:هاكون فيوم لاي]] [[cs:Håkon Wium Lie]] [[de:Håkon Wium Lie]] [[fr:Håkon Wium Lie]] [[nl:Håkon Wium Lie]] [[ja:ホーコン・ウィウム・リー]] [[no:Håkon Wium Lie]] [[pl:Håkon Wium Lie]] [[pt:Håkon Wium Lie]] [[ru:Хокон Виум Ли]]'