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Custom attributes – Yea or nay?
Can any side effect occur in browsers if I add custom attributes to html tags for instance:
<a href="" mycustomtag="mydata"></a>
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No side effects that I know if, they just won’t validate and it’s possible that in the future whatever attribute name you choose may conflict if browsers decide to implement one with the same name (Unlikely if you name it something unique enough)
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