The <a>nchor element is simply an anchor to or from some content. Originally the HTML specification allowed for named anchors (<a name=”foo”>) and linked anchors (<a href=”#foo”>). The named anchor format is less commonly used, as the fragment identifier is now used to specify an [id] attribute (although for backwards compatibility you can still specify … Read more
You should use different methods for different use cases: If you want to emphasise a phrase, use <em>. The <i> tag has a new meaning in HTML5, representing “a span of text in an alternate voice or mood”. So you should use this tag for things like thoughts/asides or idiomatic phrases. The spec also suggests … Read more
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.5 Buttons created with the BUTTON element function just like buttons created with the INPUT element, but they offer richer rendering possibilities: the BUTTON element may have content. For example, a BUTTON element that contains an image functions like and may resemble an INPUT element whose type is set to “image”, but the BUTTON element … Read more
Use <code> for inline code that can wrap and <pre><code> for block code that must not wrap. <samp> is for sample output, so I would avoid using it to represent sample code (which the reader is to input). This is what Stack Overflow does. (Better yet, if you want easy to maintain, let the users … Read more
Why are they using <i> tag to display icons ? Because it is: Short i stands for icon (although not in HTML) Is it not a bad practice ? Awful practice. It is a triumph of performance over semantics.