INTRODUCING HTML5 - HTML5 - page 12

Table 1.3 Discontinued Tags
Deleted Tags Removed or Replaced

<acronym>

Replaced by <abbr>

<applet> Replaced by <object>

<basefont>

Better handled by CSS

<bgsound>

Replaced by <audio>

<big>

Better handled by CSS

<blink>

Removed in HTML5

<center>

Better handled by CSS

<dir>

Replaced by <ul>

<font>

Removed in HTML5

<frame>

Removed in HTML5

<frameset>

Removed in HTML5

<isindex>

Replaced by explicit <form>

<marquee>

Removed in HTML5

<multicol>

Removed in HTML5

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<nobr>

Removed in HTML5

<noframes>

Removed in HTML5

<noscript>

Only conforming to HTML syntax

<s>

Better handled by CSS

<spacer>

Removed in HTML5

<strike>

Better handled by CSS

<tt>

Better handled by CSS

<u>

Better handled by CSS

One of the most common discontinued tags is <center> , but you can easily center text
using a little CSS, as shown in the following example. Type this text into your text editor, save
it as CenterMe.html , and open it in your Web browser.

<! DOCTYPE HTML >
< html >
< head >
< style type = ”text/css” >
h1 {
text-align:center;
}