Markup from hell

A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.

1. #18 main divigation

   submitted on Mar 22, 2020 by Christoph
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   <div class="nav">
     <div>
       <div>about</div>
       <div>thoughts</div>
     </div>
   </div>

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2. #17 inaccessible cards

   submitted on Mar 14, 2020 by Šime
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   <section>
     <section>
       <h2>Overview</h2>
       <figure class="card" data-url="image1.html" style="background: url(image1.jpg)">
         <figcaption>
           <h4>My heading</h4>
           <article>Teasertext...</article>
         </figcaption>
       </figure>
       <figure class="card" data-url="image2.html" style="background: url(image2.jpg)"> … </figure>
     </section>
   </section>

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3. #16 alt, no wait…, aria-label, no wait…, alt

   submitted on Feb 09, 2020 by Spell
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   <a tabindex="0">
     <div alt="Browser Wars: The Last Engine" aria-label="Browser Wars: The Last Engine">
       <div>
         <img alt="Browser Wars: The Last Engine" src="thumbnail.jpg">
       </div>
     </div>
   </a>

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4. #15 letter by letter

   submitted on Jan 24, 2020 by Claire
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   <h3>
     <div style="display: block; text-align: start; position: relative;" class="title">
       <div style="position: relative; display: inline-block; transform: rotateX(90deg); transform-origin: 50% 50% -30.8917px;" class="char">H</div>
       <div style="position: relative; display: inline-block; transform: rotateX(90deg); transform-origin: 50% 50% -30.8917px;" class="char">e</div>
       <div style="position: relative; display: inline-block; transform: rotateX(90deg); transform-origin: 50% 50% -30.8917px;" class="char">a</div>
       <div style="position: relative; display: inline-block; transform: rotateX(90deg); transform-origin: 50% 50% -30.8917px;" class="char">d</div>
       <div style="position: relative; display: inline-block; transform: rotateX(90deg); transform-origin: 50% 50% -30.8917px;" class="char">i</div>
       <div style="position: relative; display: inline-block; transform: rotateX(90deg); transform-origin: 50% 50% -30.8917px;" class="char">n</div>
       <div style="position: relative; display: inline-block; transform: rotateX(90deg); transform-origin: 50% 50% -30.8917px;" class="char">g</div>
     </div>
   </h3>

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5. #14 not my type

   submitted on Jan 17, 2020 by Manuel
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   <a type="button" class="button" href="/signup" tabindex="-1">Sign up</a>

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