HTML versus HTML5 forms

An HTML5 form provides two major advantages over previous versions. They are:

  • Tedious scripting and styling of forms that was required in earlier versions of HTML was removed because HTML5's new <form> types and inbuilt validations takes semantic markup to the next level
  • Even if scripting is disabled in the browser, users can experience the benefits of HTML5 forms

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