I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. Perhaps the HTML/JS group will even get off their rear ends and bring some decent cross platform graphics capabilities to the web one decade? Perhaps even bring some 90's style graphics to the browser one decade?
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