HTML is a native image format, hear me out

Re:HTML is a native image format, hear me out by assimpleaspossi on Thursday June 11, 2026 @08:19AM (#48489336)

Note: the <img> tag does not use and does not need a closing slash and never has in any HTML specification.

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Re:HTML is a native image format, hear me out by yeargun on Thursday June 11, 2026 @08:21AM (#48489355)

Same HTML specification does not support .hmml

Until they support .hmml imma close my image tags. But thanks for highlighting

(its a joke)

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Re:HTML is a native image format, hear me out by assimpleaspossi on Thursday June 11, 2026 @08:27AM (#48489409)

Closing an <img> tag with a slash has no meaning. It does nothing. And browsers ignore it. So it's pointless cause <img> is self-closing by itself.

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Re:HTML is a native image format, hear me out by malicka on Thursday June 11, 2026 @08:33AM (#48489476)

Unless you’re the type who wants their HTML to be valid XHTML! :^)

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