10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet

Re:10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet by zlg_codes on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:22PM (#38491801)

E-mail was never meant to support HTML, though, and it's a major vector for attacks. I wish more servers would disallow or strip HTML from their incoming messages.

Generally speaking, if I see an HTML e-mail I know the other end cares NOTHING about security or efficiency, and is actively trying to snoop on me with analytics.

Not surprising you had to fall back to very old HTML to hit a common featureset.

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Re:10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet by chrisfinazzo on Friday December 01, 2023 @05:50PM (#38493653)

As I’ve been converting from .docx to HTML, I was pleasantly surprised to find that using flexbox to lay out three elements in a single row is perfectly fine and - bonus points- the CSS doesn’t make want to gouge my eyes out.

To your point that HTML can be a security risk, I remember interviewing at The College Board in mid 2011 and finding out that they still sent critical information - think testing admission tickets - with a MIME type of text/plain.

If you need to guarantee delivery and readability, no matter where people are getting the message, I don’t see how you can do it any other way.

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