The HTML Elements Time Forgot - HTMHell

kept by eddie dec 26, 25

The article catalogs long-obsolete HTML elements like `<xmp>`, `<spacer>`, `<keygen>`, and `<isindex>`, explaining their original purposes and why they were abandoned.

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