A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 266

Authors: C: Elizabeth Castro

Elizabeth Castro

Elizabeth Castro is currently working on the Sixth Edition—in full color!—of her bestselling book, HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide. It should be out in August. She lives on a farm with goats, chickens, and bunnies, but really wants llamas and sheep. Her home on the web is at Cookwood Press.

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Bye Bye Embed

Issue 219July 11, 2006

The use of embed has gone on too long. Wishing for it to become part of the official specs is like wishing your partner would start putting the cap on the toothpaste. It’s not going to happen, so it’s time to move on. If you want to validate your website, you have to get rid of embed.