Browser History

Antiquated HTML Snippets and Artefacts

A 3,000-word survey of HTML meta tags and markup that accumulated through browser wars, vendor extensions, and platform integrations but now serve no practical purpose. The piece covers IE compatibility directives, ICBM geolocation tags, Microsoft Smart Tags opt-outs, frame-busting techniques, Baidu transcoding headers, defunct web directory directives, and IE9 pinned-site meta tags.

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