Post #4322353
2026-08-01 02:19 UTC
@quad@akko.quad.moe @vtrlx@mastodon.social browsers have always been intentionally very forgiving. You could even omit some closing tags and it'll render just fine.
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@gwenverbsnouns@mastodon.social 2026-08-01 06:07
@grishka@mastodon.social @quad@akko.quad.moe @vtrlx@mastodon.social or provide extra ones! I always forget that is self closing
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@ache@social.lol 2026-08-01 06:30
@grishka@mastodon.social @quad@akko.quad.moe @vtrlx@mastodon.social "Very forgiving" is a bit strong here. There is also an error recovering algorithm in HTML. But most of the non closed tags aren't. The true is that when the closing tag don't add information, they shouldn't be one. It's a potentiel source of error. Putting one is the odd thing to do. Like a , or .