Why is the tag deprecated in HTML?

Question

I am just curious as to why the

tag in HTML was deprecated.

The

was a simple way of quickly center-aligning b

Answer 1

According to W3Schools.com,

The center element was deprecated in HTML 4.01, and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

The HTML 4.01 spec gives this reason for deprecating the tag:

The CENTER element is exactly equivalent to specifying the DIV element with the align attribute set to "center".