HTML5 Discontinued Tags

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The following element tags which were present in HTML4 is discontinued in HTML5…

<acronym>  – use <abbr> instead
<applet> – use <object> instead
<basefont> – use CSS instead
<bgsound> – use <audio> instead
<big>  – use CSS instead
<blink> – who uses this anymore?
<center> – use CSS instead
<dir> – use <ul>
<font> – use CSS instead
<frame>
<frameset>
<isindex>
<marquee> – similar to “blink” no one uses
<multicol>
<nobr>
<noframe>
<noscript>
<s>
<spacer>
<strike>  – use CSS instead
<tt>  – use CSS instead
<u>  – use CSS instead

See also new HTML5 tags.

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