Here is CSS's history.
- CSS1 at Dec 1996
- CSS2 at May 1998
- CSS2.1 at Feb 2004
And now, CSS3 is being settling.
Things CSS3 can do
The feature of CSS3 is that is modulated.
For example...
- Text Effects
- Backgrounds and Borders
- Advanced Layout
- Grid Position Module
- Generated Content for Paged Media