**Author:**  [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-html-been-disabled/887/21 "2000-03-01T10:20:00Z")
You aren’t, Firefly.
And I know I’m going to read the link and I MIGHT read the info without it.
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Are you driving with your eyes open or are you using The Force? - A. Foley
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**Author:**  [@PatronAnejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatronAnejo)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-html-been-disabled/887/22 "2000-03-02T02:04:00Z")
Other useful features of **html** :[ul][_]linking within a page using \ tags[_]reduced font sizes (larger font sizes are, indeed, quite annoying)[/ul]both of which are useful for footnoting sources and references.
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**Author:**  [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-html-been-disabled/887/23 "2000-03-02T10:17:00Z")
[A Cool Site](http://www.straightdope.com)
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**Author:**  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-html-been-disabled/887/24 "2000-03-02T15:15:00Z")
This is really getting too unwieldy, so let’s close.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
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