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Aspects of modern HTML/CSS you may not be familiar with

(lyra.horse)
451 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 20:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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interstice ◴[29 Aug 25 01:19 UTC] No.45058930[source]▶
> You are allowed to just make up elements as long as their names contain a hyphen

RIP any semblance of using meaningful tags for machine readability I guess.

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1. rebane2001 ◴[29 Aug 25 01:26 UTC] No.45058975[source]▶
it's a lot more readable than a bunch of divs

if an element that semantically fits your needs already exists you don't need to make up an element in the first place

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2. mixmastamyk ◴[29 Aug 25 03:33 UTC] No.45059849[source]▶
Hmmm, I thought you had to register these with JS first, but my browser seems to recognize them.