Comments on: Rare HTML Tags: Help Your Readers http://www.devlounge.net/code/rare-html-tags-help-your-readers Design, Develop, and Grow Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:15:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ADSPACE 2009 – Hear Microsoft Speak on Contextual Advertising — Hobby Cash: Make Cash Blogging About the Things You Love http://www.devlounge.net/code/rare-html-tags-help-your-readers/comment-page-1#comment-178911 ADSPACE 2009 – Hear Microsoft Speak on Contextual Advertising — Hobby Cash: Make Cash Blogging About the Things You Love Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:23:04 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=2893#comment-178911 [...] Rare HTML Tags: Help Your Readers | Devlounge [...] [...] Rare HTML Tags: Help Your Readers | Devlounge [...]

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]]> By: Ranjani http://www.devlounge.net/code/rare-html-tags-help-your-readers/comment-page-1#comment-178684 Ranjani Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:51:53 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=2893#comment-178684 Haha! I did the tags backwards. Curses! Haha! I did the tags backwards. Curses!

]]> By: Ranjani http://www.devlounge.net/code/rare-html-tags-help-your-readers/comment-page-1#comment-178683 Ranjani Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:51:26 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=2893#comment-178683 I have never had a use for >wbr< or >optgroup<, but I have definitely used all of the other tags before. I don't think >label<, >acronym<, >abbr<, >fieldset<, >cite<, >del<, or rel are very rare. However, I do think tags like >caption< or >ins< are on the rare end. But that's just because they don't serve as much as a purpose, so they aren't used as often. So it's really not a matter of how rare these tags are, but rather how useful they are on any general website. Like, so many websites have forms so >label< and >fieldset< will definitely be used. >del< is probably also very popular. But the others I use because I would so much rather use a tag than add a couple more lines of <abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr>. Built-in functionality is great :) And a lot of the time, >abbr< is more applicable than >acronym<, so I end up using that instead. Also, I think most people have more trouble with deprecated tags. I remember that it was hard for me when I first switched to <abbr title="Extensible Hypertext Markup Language">XHTML</abbr> because several small formatting tags like >b< or >i< were rejected in favor of >strong< and >em<, and old habits die hard. I have never had a use for >wbr< or >optgroup<, but I have definitely used all of the other tags before. I don’t think >label<, >acronym<, >abbr<, >fieldset<, >cite<, >del<, or rel are very rare. However, I do think tags like >caption< or >ins< are on the rare end. But that’s just because they don’t serve as much as a purpose, so they aren’t used as often. So it’s really not a matter of how rare these tags are, but rather how useful they are on any general website. Like, so many websites have forms so >label< and >fieldset< will definitely be used. >del< is probably also very popular. But the others I use because I would so much rather use a tag than add a couple more lines of CSS. Built-in functionality is great :)

And a lot of the time, >abbr< is more applicable than >acronym<, so I end up using that instead.

Also, I think most people have more trouble with deprecated tags. I remember that it was hard for me when I first switched to XHTML because several small formatting tags like >b< or >i< were rejected in favor of >strong< and >em<, and old habits die hard.

]]> By: Ahmad Alfy http://www.devlounge.net/code/rare-html-tags-help-your-readers/comment-page-1#comment-178682 Ahmad Alfy Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:42:03 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=2893#comment-178682 haha tags blocked! abbr, label and fieldset haha tags blocked!
abbr, label and fieldset

]]> By: Ahmad Alfy http://www.devlounge.net/code/rare-html-tags-help-your-readers/comment-page-1#comment-178681 Ahmad Alfy Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:41:04 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=2893#comment-178681 I use 5 of these tags a lot :) Mostly <abbr> , and I use 5 of these tags a lot :)
Mostly , and

]]> By: tedeh http://www.devlounge.net/code/rare-html-tags-help-your-readers/comment-page-1#comment-178680 tedeh Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:03:31 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=2893#comment-178680 Oh please come on. Glen's article was a sad excuse and so riddled with inaccuracies and outright lies that it should be confined to the trash bin immediatly. Using the acronym tag for something completely different than what was intended sounds like a great idea. Condoning the use of a non-standard tag made up by Netscape during the browser wars (wbr ... wtf) will really help your SEO. Why not just suggest the usage of blink and marquee too? That's just two of the worst examples from that piece of trash article. Read the comments, they reveal it all. Oh please come on. Glen’s article was a sad excuse and so riddled with inaccuracies and outright lies that it should be confined to the trash bin immediatly. Using the acronym tag for something completely different than what was intended sounds like a great idea. Condoning the use of a non-standard tag made up by Netscape during the browser wars (wbr … wtf) will really help your SEO. Why not just suggest the usage of blink and marquee too? That’s just two of the worst examples from that piece of trash article. Read the comments, they reveal it all.

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