"except they don't use the word "intimidated", they say that they don't need html/css to get any more complicated, it's fine as it is."<p>I don't know who you've been observing, but in my experience as a web designer, with a bit over 15 years in the industry, is that web designers are constantly moaning about the limitations of HTML and CSS and hate the slow pace of change (or, to be more accurate, the slow pace of the demise of the IE browsers). They're also hungry to learn more and push the boundaries of current knowledge and practise. You only have to look at the coding section of Smashing Magazine, the most popular web design site online, to see that web designers are in no way the sort who are going to be intimidated or uninterested in Sass.<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/coding/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/coding/</a><p>In fact, the debate regarding the evolution of CSS on, and my impression is that there is serious pressure on CSS to change and evolve, judging by the comments here:<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/10/css-wishlist-new-ideas-debates-and-solutions/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/10/css-wishlist-new-...</a>