Author: Claire Broadley

Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and HTML enthusiast. She writes for HTML.com and runs a content agency, Red Robot Media.
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  • <sound> HTML Tag

    The <sound> element was used in the Mosaic browser to add sound files to HTML documents. It was never formally adopted in an HTML standard and has no support among modern browsers. Instead, use the modern HTML5 element <audio>.

  • <spacer> HTML Tag

    The <spacer> element was used to add whitespace to web pages by replicating the effect of adding a small image to web page of the same color as the background color of the web page. This element is obsolete. Use modern CSS equivalents to add space between elements of a web page.

  • <spacer align="">

    Do not use. The <spacer> element is obsolete in HTML5. Claire Broadley Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and HTML… Read More...

  • <spacer size="">

    Do not use. The <spacer> element is obsolete in HTML 5. Claire Broadley Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and… Read More...

  • <spacer width="">

    Do not use. The <spacer> element is obsolete in HTML 5. Claire Broadley Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and… Read More...

  • <table width="">

    The width attribute of <table> is not supported in HTML. Use CSS to control the appearance of tables. Claire Broadley… Read More...

  • <table hspace="">

    hspace is not a valid attribute of <table>. Use CSS instead. Claire Broadley Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and… Read More...

  • <table rules="">

    Was used to specify the display of internal borders between rows and colums. This attribute has been deprecated. Use CSS to style table borders instead.

  • <table summary="">

    The summary attribute of <table> was designed to support non-visual HTML readers, such as screen readers. It is deprecated in… Read More...

  • <samp> HTML Tag

    The <samp> element is used to identify text that should be interpreted as sample output from a computer program. By default, browser render <samp> element contents in a monospace font.

  • <link href="">

    Describes the relationship between the source file and an external file, such as a script.

  • <link title="">

    Assigns a name to different linked resources so that users can choose between them.

  • <link media="">

    Tells the browser what type of device a resource is designed for.

  • <listing> HTML Tag

    The <listing> element was intended as a way to render HTML code on a page. It was never properly supported, and is now deprecated. Using <listing> will almost certainly result in unexpected results. Instead, use <code>, or place the content in a <div> with the appropriate CSS styling.

  • <map> HTML Tag

    The <map> element is used in conjunction with one or more <area> elements to define hyperlinked regions of an image map.

  • <menu> HTML Tag

    The <menu> element defines an instance of a menu. This experimental HTML feature has very limited browser support, but may soon be an effective way to add menu items to context menus and to create interactive web application menus.

  • <meta> HTML Tag

    The <meta> element is used to add machine-readable information to an HTML document. Information added with the <meta> tag is not displayed to website visitors but is provided for use by browsers and web crawlers.

  • <meta name="">

    Provides a context for the value in the contents attribute of a <meta> element.

  • <multicol> HTML Tag

    The <multicol> element was an experimental feature, now deprecated, that was used to create a newspaper-style layout for text content. The modern CSS columns property can be used to create the same effect.

  • <multicol cols="">

    The <multicol> element is deprecated, and should not be used. Claire Broadley Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and HTML… Read More...

  • <multicol gutter="">

    The <multicol> element is deprecated, and should not be used. Claire Broadley Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and HTML… Read More...

  • <nobr> HTML Tag

    The <nobr> element identifies text that should not be allowed to break into multiple lines which can force users to scroll horizontally to view the content. This element is obsolete and should be used.

  • <s> HTML Tag

    The <s> element is used to identify text that is no longer accurate or relevant. It is similar to, but semantically distinct from, the <del> element which is used to identify document edits. By default, browsers render the contents of an <s> element with a strikethrough.

  • <pre> HTML Tag

    The <pre> element is used to identify text that should be rendered with all line breaks and spaces intact. It is often used to preserve indenting and line breaks when displaying code blocks.