Are image maps deprecated in (x)HTML?
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A:
It is in the HTML 5 draft spec.
It also appears in the XHTML strict DTD:
<!ELEMENT MAP - - ((%block;) | AREA)+ -- client-side image map -->
In short - it is part of both specs and is not deprecated.
Some people do not like image maps because they perceive them as not very accessible or discoverable, and as such there are other markup/css/javascript techniques that work better.
Oded
2010-08-20 06:52:40
You there are other techniques that work better. Care to list any?
Insanity5902
2010-10-19 21:53:20
A:
For the record, it is also still part of XHTML1.1 Strict with one change
On the a and map elements, the name attribute has been removed in favor of the id attribute
In the now dead XHTML2 any element could have been an Image Map, effectively making a separate element for it superfluous, which is the reason it was no longer part of the specification.
Gordon
2010-08-20 12:22:03