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Asked: 2026-06-13T04:07:19+00:00

Quick question: it has been standard practice to specify html header links like: <link

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Quick question: it has been standard practice to specify html header links like:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/mainstylesheet.css"  type="text/css" />

But I have started seeing people removing such type declarations; particularly in projects such as html5 boilerplate.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/mainstylesheet.css"/>

Are these type declarations superfluous then, or is it still preferable to include them. Note; I don’t mean can we get by without using them (which the answer would be ‘yes’) but rather which is better practice?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I personally prefer removing type attribute from link[rel="stylesheet"] as well as script tags to save a few bytes, because it works without type and its not obligatory for links (for stylesheet links “text/css” is the default and for script tags “text/javascript” is the default)

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