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Comparison of HTML Elements: HTML 1 to HTML5 |
Here is a comparison of HTML elements from the early 1990s to present. It shows which elements have endured the test of time, which ones were short-lived or which were cast off to oblivion. I hope you find it useful.
| HTML 1 | HTML 2 | HTML 3.2 | HTML 4.01 | XHTML 1.0 | XHTML 1.1 | HTML5 | |
| a | a | a | a | a | a | a | |
| abbr | abbr | abbr | abbr | ||||
| acronym | acronym | acronym | |||||
| address | address | address | address | address | address | address | |
| applet | |||||||
| area | area | area | area | ||||
| article | |||||||
| aside | |||||||
| audio | |||||||
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | |
| base | base | base | base | base | base | base | |
| basefont | |||||||
| bdi | |||||||
| bdo | bdo | bdo | bdo | ||||
| big | big | big | |||||
| blockquote | blockquote | blockquote | blockquote | blockquote | blockquote | blockquote | |
| body | body | body | body | body | body | body | |
| br | br | br | br | br | br | ||
| button | button | button | button | ||||
| canvas | |||||||
| caption | caption | caption | caption | ||||
| center | |||||||
| cite | cite | cite | cite | cite | cite | ||
| code | code | code | code | code | code | ||
| col | col | col | col | ||||
| colgroup | colgroup | colgroup | colgroup | ||||
| command | |||||||
| datalist | |||||||
| dd | dd | dd | dd | dd | dd | dd | |
| del | del | del | del | ||||
| details | |||||||
| dfn | dfn | dfn | dfn | ||||
| dir | dir | dir | dir | ||||
| div | div | div | div | ||||
| dl | dl | dl | dl | dl | dl | dl | |
| dt | dt | dt | dt | dt | dt | dt | |
| em | em | em | em | em | em | ||
| embed | |||||||
| fieldset | fieldset | fieldset | fieldset | ||||
| font | |||||||
| figcaption | |||||||
| figure | |||||||
| footer | |||||||
| form | form | form | form | form | form | ||
| frame | |||||||
| frameset | |||||||
| h1 | h1 | h1 | h1 | h1 | h1 | h1 | |
| h2 | h2 | h2 | h2 | h2 | h2 | h2 | |
| h3 | h3 | h3 | h3 | h3 | h3 | h3 | |
| h4 | h4 | h4 | h4 | h4 | h4 | h4 | |
| h5 | h5 | h5 | h5 | h5 | h5 | h5 | |
| h6 | h6 | h6 | h6 | h6 | h6 | h6 | |
| head | head | head | head | head | head | head | |
| header | |||||||
| hgroup | |||||||
| hr | hr | hr | hr | hr | hr | ||
| html | html | html | html | html | html | html | |
| i | i | i | i | i | i | i | |
| iframe | iframe | ||||||
| img | img | img | img | img | img | img | |
| input | input | input | input | input | input | ||
| ins | ins | ins | ins | ||||
| isindex | isindex | isindex | isindex | ||||
| kbd | kbd | kbd | kbd | kbd | kbd | ||
| keygen | |||||||
| label | label | label | label | ||||
| legend | legend | legend | legend | ||||
| li | li | li | li | li | li | li | |
| link | link | link | link | link | link | link | |
| listing | listing | listing | |||||
| map | map | map | map | ||||
| mark | |||||||
| menu | menu | menu | menu | menu | |||
| meta | meta | meta | meta | meta | meta | ||
| meter | |||||||
| nav | |||||||
| nextid | nextid | nextid | |||||
| noframes | |||||||
| noscript | noscript | noscript | noscript | ||||
| object | object | object | object | ||||
| ol | ol | ol | ol | ol | ol | ol | |
| optgroup | optgroup | optgroup | optgroup | ||||
| option | option | option | option | option | option | ||
| output | |||||||
| p | p | p | p | p | p | p | |
| param | param | param | param | ||||
| plaintext | plaintext | plaintext | |||||
| pre | pre | pre | pre | pre | pre | pre | |
| progress | |||||||
| q | q | q | q | ||||
| rb | |||||||
| rbc | |||||||
| rp | rp | ||||||
| rt | rt | ||||||
| rtc | |||||||
| ruby | ruby | ||||||
| s | s | ||||||
| samp | samp | samp | samp | samp | samp | ||
| script | script | script | script | ||||
| section | |||||||
| select | select | select | select | select | select | ||
| small | small | small | small | ||||
| source | |||||||
| span | span | span | span | ||||
| strike | |||||||
| strong | strong | strong | strong | strong | strong | ||
| style | style | style | style | ||||
| sub | sub | sub | sub | ||||
| summary | |||||||
| sup | sup | sup | sup | ||||
| table | table | table | table | ||||
| tbody | tbody | tbody | tbody | ||||
| td | td | td | td | ||||
| textarea | textarea | textarea | textarea | textarea | textarea | ||
| tfoot | tfoot | tfoot | tfoot | ||||
| th | th | th | th | ||||
| thead | thead | thead | thead | ||||
| title | title | title | title | title | title | title | |
| tr | tr | tr | tr | ||||
| tt | tt | tt | tt | tt | |||
| track | |||||||
| u | u | u | |||||
| ul | ul | ul | ul | ul | ul | ul | |
| var | var | var | var | var | var | ||
| video | |||||||
| wbr | |||||||
| xmp | xmp | xmp | |||||
| HTML 1 | HTML 2 | HTML 3.2 | HTML 4.01 | XHTML 1.0 | XHTML 1.1 | HTML5 |
| 34 | 49 | 49 | 91 | 77 | 83 | 107 |