HTML 4.0 Deprecated Features

Many presentational elements and attributes are deprecated in favor of style sheets, which allow authors to suggest a presentation with more flexibility. Presentational attributes that cannot currently be replaced with style sheets are in most cases not deprecated.

The following elements are deprecated in favor of style sheets:

BASEFONT - Base font change
CENTER - Centered block
FONT - Font change
S - Strike-through text
STRIKE - Strike-through text
U - Underlined text

The following elements are also deprecated:

APPLET - Java applet (deprecated in favor of OBJECT)
DIR - Directory list (deprecated in favor of UL)
ISINDEX - Input prompt (deprecated in favor of INPUT)
MENU - Menu list (deprecated in favor of UL)