Antiquated HTML Snippets and Artefacts

(vale.rocks)

51 points | by patadune 2 hours ago ago

7 comments

  • intrasight 15 minutes ago

    Lots of mud at the base of the wall. I think it's a good sign. It'll be a bad sign if this list does't grow.

    I do bemoan the loss of the <?xml-stylesheet?> processing instruction and the JavaScript XSLTProcessor API.

  • cprecioso an hour ago

    I'd only add the Safari Pinned Tabs `meta` tag (https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ap...), which had you define a simple black and white SVG. This image would get used when a user pinned your tab in Safari, in color when active and black when inactive.

  • Semaphor an hour ago

    Ohh, conditional comments. We had so many IE holdouts on our site, I think only around 2021 I removed the last IE specific fallbacks, and I think some conditional comments were a thing until 2020.

    I’m not sure when I removed a bunch of `msapplication-` fields, but probably after 2021 ;)

    I guess I can remove `apple-touch-` and `application-name` stuff next…

  • nness 23 minutes ago

    Forever burnt into my mind is PNG alpha work-arounds in IE:

        filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='image.png');
    • bbx a few seconds ago

      Ha, fantastic line that one. Transparent pngs caused so much unnecessary trouble in IE6, it was very annoying, and limited our options as graphic designers.

  • RobotToaster 43 minutes ago

    GeoURLs seem like they would still be useful today.

  • LoganDark an hour ago

    Love the ruby tags on Chinese text!!