With regards to deprecated elements, author and user recommendations differ. And while HTML5 needs to be backwards compatible, deprecated elements are not to be used by authors but implementers must still provide support for legacy elements.
Deprecated Presentational Tags
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Obsolete or conforming features
- <basefont>
- <big>
- <center>
- <font>
- <s>
- <strike>
- <h>
- <u>
Deprecated Due to Accessibility
- <frame>
- <frameset>
- <noframes>
Deprecated Due to Obsolescence (Low Usage)
- <acronym>
- <applet>
- <isindex>
- <dir>
| ELEMENTS | ATTRIBUTES |
|---|---|
| a, link | rev, charset |
| img | longdesc, name |
| html | version |
| th | abbr |
| td | scope |
| All block level | align |
| body | background |
| img | hspace, vspace |
| table, tr, th, td | bgcolor |
| table | border, cellpadding, cellspacing |
| td, th | height, width |
| table | valign |