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HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the predominant markup language used for creating web pages. In modern web pages, HTML is used to markup the contents of the website, while CSS and Javascript are used to define the styles and behaviors respectively.

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a markup language similar to XML that is commonly used to create websites. It was created as an application of SGML, has been extended to create XHTML (eXtensible HTML).

The HTML standards, as well as that for many other web technologies, is maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (the W3C). The current iteration of the language, HTML4, was introduced in 1997, while the next iteration, HTML5, is currently under active development jointly by the W3C and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG).

The language specification and standards documents are available online at the HTML 4.01 Specification documentation.

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Whats a better user experience: A scrollable table or a full size table allowing the browser window to do scrolling?

Whats a better user experience: A scrollable table by using overflow css settings in a DIV? A full size table allowing the browser window to do scrolling?
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Best UI for an HTML table.

I frequently need to show tabular data and I want all the magic . . . sorting columns, pagination, etc. I prefer to use columns where you click on the name of the column and the sorting is done for the user (usually using javascript though it's…
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Alt Attribute for user generated content

Suppose you have a website where users can sale stuff and upload images (something like craigslist). What would be the appropriate ALT attribute for such images where we don't know the actual content? Empty value? title of the ad? Something like…
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Display or hide unavailable links

When a hyperlink is not available to a user is it best practice to hide it completely or show it in a disabled state. Example1: If I user needs to be logged in to post a new item should the "Create item" link be visible to users who are not logged…
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Why the browsers take shades of blue while selecting?

Why the browsers take shades of blue (colors specified in SO post here) while we select the text ? Is there any special reason for the same ? Note:Question moved from StackOverflow
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Labelling inputs in HTML:

, placeholder or both?

Possible Duplicate: On forms, is inline placeholder text better than a label outside each field? I am making a simple registration form for my website. I'm in doubt about how to label inputs: should I use text (i.e. Username: next to the input…
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can we give

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