It's not just a workaround, it's a solution.
Considering how powerful CSS styling is for configuring one's view of PerlMonks, I really don't see why pmdev should implement changes such as this. (The same could be said for Node ids by node titles, but someone went and implemented it without really giving much thought to the wider ramifications.) If anything, pmdev should probably be looking at ways of enhancing PerlMonks' stylability and scriptability.
We're building the house of the future together.