Periodic Table of the (HTML5) Elements

Re:Periodic Table of the (HTML5) Elements by DeusExMachina on Sunday April 03, 2011 @07:48AM (#2402477)

Every time I see a "periodic table of X elements" a question pops to my mind: what is the benefit of arranging elements totally unrelated to the natural ones using the same structure?

In the original table, elements are arranged in rows, columns and colors using their specific properties, which actually are not at all present in these html elements.

In this table I see only the meaning for the colors, but why not to use the two dimensions of the table to convey something different (losing, of course, the familiar shape)?

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Re:Periodic Table of the (HTML5) Elements by corin_ on Sunday April 03, 2011 @11:56AM (#2402995)

In most cases I'd agree with you - but I assume that in this case it's purely done for the sake of a rather excellent pun, which I rather enjoyed :D

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Re:Periodic Table of the (HTML5) Elements by ChrisCooper on Sunday April 03, 2011 @01:27PM (#2403251)

I thought this table was going to be an actual table of HTML5 elements, but organized into new patterns of periods, by, say, what context they are usually used in, or what purpose they are used for. And then maybe sorted by frequency or something. That would be cool!

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