HTML experts I need someone to expalin this clearer?

Question

What does Deprecated mean?

Because this HTML book telling me that certain tags are Deprecated, and I be like Uhh?? What does that mean?? And should I still use those deprecated tags?/ Should I still study them??

Answer 1

Typically, when a piece of code is deprecated, be it a markup tag, method or object, it means that it is obsolete, but still has limited support. In other words, it will still "work" for the time being, but in a future release, it may be removed.



I would suggest that you be aware of those deprecated tags, but there is no use in studying them. You shouldn't use them in a web application.

Answer 2

Deprecated simply means these tags are obsolete, and may not work in future browsers. There aren't too many of them, luckily and they are a just small fraction of everything else.



Think about rotary phones. They may still exist in some places and may even work, but not all phone companies support them, and in 10 years they may be completely gone.

You still know how to use them - right ?



You may have to work with HTML content from 10 years ago containing those tags, and it will still be around for a while, so at least be aware of them and know where to look them up.

Answer 3

deprecated tags are those tags that are no longer supported by the ww3. they will currently work, but may not work with future versions of the browser.

Answer 4

It just means they have been superseeded ie they are not used anymore, and as such wont be w3c compliant.