Mat “Wilto” MarquisAlright, nerds: if you could learn the entire story around one HTML element, what would it be?
Eric Eggert@Wilto <a>, of course. Without it, there would be no web.
Rijk 🐰 ✨@Wilto <marquee>!
Derek PennycuffDefinition list. Which may be cheating 'cos really that takes at least 3 elements to cover properly.
Ethan Marcotte
A-Aron@Wilto <h1>, it’s older than the web. Who invented it? Has it evolved since its inception?
Literal Cosmo Catalano@Wilto <h6>, because retconning semantic meaning onto markup obviously intended for (and inarguably used as) styling is bad, and we should feel bad.
Bonus points if you can find someone who'll earnestly argue that the only empirically correct number of heading levels is six—no more, no less.
Bodling@Wilto <blink>
Joe Crawford@Wilto <layer> is my first choice. But <object> <script> and <nobr> also I suspect have scintillating stories to tell.
Andrew Woodsinput type=date
or datalist
the element i always thought was weird <input type=“radio”>
because input falls back to a text box.
Instead, why not
<label for=“ask-accept”>Do You Accept?</label>
<radio id=“ask-accept” name=“accept”>
<option
value=yes>Yes</option>
<option
value=no>No</option>
</radio>
Michael Critz@Wilto Seriously: <!DOCTYPE>
Why does it have a bang? Why is it all caps? Why isn’t it self-closing?
I genuinely want to know.
<smitty />@Wilto <dl>, a very underrated element in my opinion