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New Nov 12, 2024
The br element
Okay, so I f**ked up. I forgot to write about <br> and now the whole series is out of order. Having announced this failing on social media, I appreciate the comments I received like, “give you...
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New Nov 4, 2024
The button element
Some HTML elements, like some places, songs, and smells, have a disproportionate significance for some people. For example, among web accessibility practitioners, any mention of the &l...
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New Oct 31, 2024
The body element
When we create or discover new things, we label them too. These labels act like IDs, making it easy to access these things in the databases that are our minds. Unique labels are needed otherwise...
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New Oct 14, 2024
The blockquote element
The thing about magazines—physical, printed magazines, I mean—is it’s very easy to skip past content. Between your thumb and gravity, weeks of editorial work can be precipitately dismissed in fr...
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New Oct 2, 2024
The bdo element
I’m pacing my office when the door swings open with impertinence. “You’re smoking now?” I aim the glowing tip at my nose to inspect it. “So that’s what this is?” A suited arm thrusts a takeout cup...
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New Sep 30, 2024
The bdi element
HTML is a declarative language insomuch that it doesn’t deal in explicit control structures. You know the kind of thing: “do this if this, or otherwise do this”. But don’t be fooled, that doesn’t mak...
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New Sep 28, 2024
The b element
The first of the HTML elements beginning with b is [maniacally rifles through stack of coffee-stained scrawlings] the <b> element. Unlike the chemical element Boron (also represented by a b),...
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New Sep 10, 2024
The audio element
The ability to embed images in web pages has been officially supported since 1995. Whereas, the <audio> element was not added until 2015. For 20 years, people were looking at naked people on...