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

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451 points todsacerdoti | 1 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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voat ◴[29 Aug 25 01:33 UTC] No.45059016[source]▶
And even if they don't contain a hyphen! You can just <use> <anything> <you> <want>
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masklinn ◴[29 Aug 25 05:25 UTC] No.45060531[source]▶
The soft-requirement for hyphens is a form of namespacing: nothing precludes whatwg from adding <use> or <want> elements to HTML in the future, and that would conflict with and possibly break your page.
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1. 1718627440 ◴[29 Aug 25 09:50 UTC] No.45062110[source]▶
To prove your point, <use> already exists although in SVG. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/E...