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removing <center> was a mistake

by breck 2y ago

assimpleaspossi 2y ago
center is presention. CSS is for presentation. Don't use HTML for presentation or styling.
- breck 2y ago
  I understand your position and that may be correct. I'm not sure. It's so common (so common that it still works everywhere) might be worth an exception. I just added 'center' tag to Scroll, and seems promising: https://try.scroll.pub/#scroll%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%0A%20center%20Hello%20world%0A%20%0A%20%3Ccenter%3EHello%20world%3C%2Fcenter%3E%0A%20%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%20style%20text-align%3Acenter%3B%0A%20%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%20class%20centerClass%0A%20css%0A%20%20.centerClass%20%7B%20text-align%3A%20center%3B%20%7D https://try.scroll.pub/#scroll%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%0A%2...
  - seattle_spring 2y ago
    > I understand your position and that may be correct. That's what I say to markup that uses the <center /> tag
  - assimpleaspossi 2y ago
    The center element has been marked obsolete for over 15 years and is flagged by the W3C Validator as an error. It can be removed from browsers at any time without notice. https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/obsolete.html#obsolete https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/obsolete.html#obsolete
- sph 2y ago
  Meanwhile I use Tailwind and no one can stop me. Semantic HTML was a pipe dream and a silly idea in hindsight.
  - assimpleaspossi 2y ago
    Tailwind is a CSS framework and not HTML. Tailwind and CSS have nothing to do with semantics of a document outline and its markup.
    - sph 2y ago
      Tailwind is cramming CSS into HTML. It has everything to do with markup.
      - assimpleaspossi 2y ago
        You are right. And I said the same thing. Tailwind is CSS but that has nothing to do with markup which is strictly HTML. Markup is the description of the contents of the document. CSS is the styling of the document and has nothing to do with description of content. That is the realm of HTML.
- euroderf 2y ago
  Bah humbug. When you just want to get semething onto the web ASAP, browser CSS defaults are pretty OK and <center> might be all you need.

removing <center> was a mistake

by breck 2y ago

removing <center> was a mistake

assimpleaspossi 2y ago

center is presention. CSS is for presentation. Don't use HTML for presentation or styling.

breck 2y ago
I understand your position and that may be correct. I'm not sure. It's so common (so common that it still works everywhere) might be worth an exception. I just added 'center' tag to Scroll, and seems promising: https://try.scroll.pub/#scroll%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%0A%20center%20Hello%20world%0A%20%0A%20%3Ccenter%3EHello%20world%3C%2Fcenter%3E%0A%20%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%20style%20text-align%3Acenter%3B%0A%20%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%20class%20centerClass%0A%20css%0A%20%20.centerClass%20%7B%20text-align%3A%20center%3B%20%7D https://try.scroll.pub/#scroll%0A%20Hello%20world%0A%20%0A%2...
- seattle_spring 2y ago
  > I understand your position and that may be correct. That's what I say to markup that uses the <center /> tag
- assimpleaspossi 2y ago
  The center element has been marked obsolete for over 15 years and is flagged by the W3C Validator as an error. It can be removed from browsers at any time without notice. https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/obsolete.html#obsolete https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/obsolete.html#obsolete
sph 2y ago
Meanwhile I use Tailwind and no one can stop me. Semantic HTML was a pipe dream and a silly idea in hindsight.
- assimpleaspossi 2y ago
  Tailwind is a CSS framework and not HTML. Tailwind and CSS have nothing to do with semantics of a document outline and its markup.
  - sph 2y ago
    Tailwind is cramming CSS into HTML. It has everything to do with markup.
    - assimpleaspossi 2y ago
      You are right. And I said the same thing. Tailwind is CSS but that has nothing to do with markup which is strictly HTML. Markup is the description of the contents of the document. CSS is the styling of the document and has nothing to do with description of content. That is the realm of HTML.
euroderf 2y ago
Bah humbug. When you just want to get semething onto the web ASAP, browser CSS defaults are pretty OK and <center> might be all you need.