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

What I do is take common tasks like centering or floating and make CSS classes out of them. When I do that I can use them throughout any of the pages. I can also call as many as I want on the same element.

.text_center {text-align: center;}
.center {margin: auto 0px;}
.float_left {float: left;}

Now I can use them in my HTML code to perform simple tasks.

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