2026-09-08 05:13 UTC
Sometimes you look at an old HTML document and see some weird tags and snippets from bygone eras.
I’ve compiled many legacy HTML bits I’ve noticed and documented what they were and why there were present. Many of them are rather obscure.
Satisfy your curiosity: https://vale.rocks/posts/html-relics
#WebDev #HTML
Replies (4)
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@pixelambacht@typo.social 2026-09-08 07:10
@vale@fedi.vale.rocks Some of these I never encountered, some of these raise the hairs on my neck as the memory rushes back 🙀
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@alvan@social.lol 2026-09-08 07:13
@vale@fedi.vale.rocks How did Microsoft not understand that people dont like browsers changing their websites 😂. Time and time again they introduced something which was hated and removed later. Lol. It was a great post, thanks for compiling all these!
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@aspensmonster@tenforward.social 2026-09-08 07:16
@vale@fedi.vale.rocks >ICBM (an abbreviation of ‘intercontinental ballistic missile’) is hacker slang for one’s geographical location that dates back to Usenet days. The meta tag was used for identifying the location of a website’s subject ... Well we're bringing that one back obviously.
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@Bredroll@mas.to 2026-09-08 07:45
@vale@fedi.vale.rocks never forget the !