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Because making "blank" a reserved word would've been so much harder than making "_blank" one... /s
by oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
Because making "blank" a reserved word would've been so much harder than making "_blank" one... /s
- Someone1234 2y agoIn HTML 4.01 and XHTML "_blank" was an illegal ID, so a frame could not use it. Therefore, there was no chance of breaking existing code. "blank" however, could be in use when they introduced this feature and break existing pages. This all changed in HTML5 when IDs could start with special characters like "_".
- moralestapia 2y agoNot sure about the /s. This is the actual answer and TFA somehow missed it completely.