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POWhat are the implications of using custom tags in HTML, or What are the advantages of not using custom tags?
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copied!<p>I am only talking about custom tags which has a start tag and an end tag.</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code><toy>Content</toy> </code></pre> <p>(And if I really need to support old browsers, I will have the <a href="http://html5doctor.com/how-to-get-html5-working-in-ie-and-firefox-2/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">shiv</a> in)</p> <p>I want to know what's the advantage of not using custom tags? or what are the implications of using them?</p> <p>Don't tell me it's bad because it does not follow standards. Tell me what will i lose from not following this standard. Similarly, don't tell me it's good because it follows standards. Tell me what can i gain from following this standard.</p> <p>Following standards is just a means to an end, and the end is to work in all browsers. So far, all browsers are rendering it in the same way, in the same behavior, even though there are no specifications standardizing this standard. Therefore, an argument like "if we follow standards it will work in more/all browsers" doesn't work simply because it is now already working in all browsers. </p> <p>To be sure, an argument like "we may have to edit it in the future" is not convincing at all because all evidences show otherwise. (look at what happened to the advocates of draconian)</p> <p>===</p> <p>Related threads (but does not answer this question): <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3593726/whats-stopping-me-from-using-arbitrary-tags-in-html">What's stopping me from using arbitrary tags in HTML?</a></p>

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