br tags are not really bad as such. It's just that they tend to get used by noobs to "format" text to a "nice" length. For example, a noob might "format" this paragraph by inserting judicious br tags and end up with something like this:

br tags are not really bad as such. It's just that they tend to get
used by noobs to "format" text to a "nice" length. For example, a noob
might "format" this paragraph by inserting judicious br tags and end up
with something like this.

Now try changing your browser's width (especially make it narrow) and see what happens to the two blocks of text.

A minor issue is that often </br> is used instead of <br/>. </br> is just plain wrong.

Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing

In reply to Re^3: Wiki-Style syntax for posting by GrandFather
in thread Wiki-Style syntax for posting by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


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