Markup from hell

A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.

1. #20 HTMHell special: close buttons

   submitted on May 23, 2020 by Manuel

   This first HTMHell special inspects one of the most complicated and most controversial patterns in front-end development:

   🔥 the close button. 🔥

   In modals, ads, and other overlays you often find a button with a close symbol that allows users, or at least some of them, to close the overlay. This functionality is often limited to mouse users, because most implementations of close buttons suck.

   After less than 2 hours of research, HTMHell presents a collection of 11 different bad practices.

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   <div class="close"></div>

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2. #19 heading in the wrong direction

   submitted on May 14, 2020 by Šime
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   <h1>Product Status</h1>
   <h2>Is the product available?</h2>
   <div>
     <h3>
       <div>
         <div>
           <i>
             <h3 class="message is-success">
               It‘s <a>available</a>.
             </h3>
           </i>
         </div>
       </div>
     </h3>
   </div>

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3. #18 main divigation

   submitted on Mar 22, 2020 by Christoph
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   <div class="nav">
     <div>
       <div>about</div>
       <div>thoughts</div>
     </div>
   </div>

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4. #17 inaccessible cards

   submitted on Mar 14, 2020 by Šime
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   <section>
     <section>
       <h2>Overview</h2>
       <figure class="card" data-url="image1.html" style="background: url(image1.jpg)">
         <figcaption>
           <h4>My heading</h4>
           <article>Teasertext...</article>
         </figcaption>
       </figure>
       <figure class="card" data-url="image2.html" style="background: url(image2.jpg)"> … </figure>
     </section>
   </section>

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5. #16 alt, no wait…, aria-label, no wait…, alt

   submitted on Feb 09, 2020 by Spell
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   <a tabindex="0">
     <div alt="Browser Wars: The Last Engine" aria-label="Browser Wars: The Last Engine">
       <div>
         <img alt="Browser Wars: The Last Engine" src="thumbnail.jpg">
       </div>
     </div>
   </a>

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