[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20120: Space before slash to close BR

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#20120: Space before slash to close BR
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 Reporter:  bananastalktome  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting       |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  trivial          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by GaryJ):

 The W3C document that WP CS guideline was written 12 years ago - I've been
 trying to find out a definitive list of the "older browsers" are that
 everyone refers to when saying the space is needed for their
 compatibility.

 If, as some say, it's for Netscape Navigator (4), and earlier, then the
 space could probably be dropped.

 I've even tweeted at Hixie and Eliot Graff (author of the HTML-XHTML
 Polyglot document to see if they have a list.

 I think it may end up with finding someone with an afternoon free who can
 install old versions of all the browsers and a simple test page to
 determine which browsers don't display `<br/>` correctly.

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