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[-] hades@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

I’m not sure how much this matters seeing as it works in all browsers regardless, but use of inside the is technically invalid according to the HTML specification.

What a bizzare statement to put your name next to.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

perhaps their name is only next to it due to rendering issues

[-] codeinabox@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I'm guessing that the author said this to warn people not to rely on this technique, as it's not part of the specification. Does it behave consistently across all browsers?

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago

to put your name next to.

I don't see a name next to it.
Did they fix something later, or am I missing the joke?

[-] hades@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

The blog is authored by someone called Ollie Williams, this is what I meant.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago

due to rendering issues

oic, so the thing that it normally means.
I kinda got confused with with what Zachariah replied

[-] hades@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

I guess it was Zachariah's joke that you didn't get :)

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