Why Not Reset Css Using The Asterisk?

Possible Duplicate: (why) is the CSS star selector considered harmful? I noticed that many CSS developers reset the margin, font and padding of a big number of HTML elements by

Solution 1:

I think you just answered yourself - it's not simple restyling buttons and form controls because all user agents have very specific styling catering toward them.

Solution 2:

I think the idea of targeting specific controls was to improve performance. Apparently the "*" selector is very expensive. Otherwise, I don't believe using something like the below would have much impact other than performance ( Which is debatable I suppose )

* { margin:0; padding:0; }