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State of HTML 2024

Content

Embedding, multimedia, data, and other content-related features.

Content Experience & Sentiment

The srcset and sizes attributes collected 81 freeform comments, with 58% of those corresponding to a negative sentiment. As one respondent put it, “you have to look up the syntax every time you use it.”

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64.4%
25.8%
4.7%
4,294
2

62.1%
26.3%
10.8%
4,298
3

45.8%
29.5%
24.2%
4,283
4

44.5%
25.9%
28.7%
4,285
5

17.6%
28.5%
53.5%
4,280

Experience

  • Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
  • Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
  • Never heard of it: Respondents who have never heard about an item.

Sentiment

  • Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
  • Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
  • Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.
“Used” average:22%
“Positive” average:31%
“Negative” average:6%

Content Pain Points

SVG (especially styling them with CSS) and image management are the top two pain points when it comes to dealing with content.

0%
11%
22%
33%
44%
56%
1

<svg>

2

Image management

Answers matching “Image management” 68
3

Internationalization

4

<iframe>

5

Browser support

6

Styling & customization

7

Performance

8

Security & privacy

Answers matching “Security &amp; privacy” 26
9

embedding_issues

10

Date management

Answers matching “Date management” 16
0%
11%
22%
33%
44%
56%
% of question respondents
398
7%
What are your pain points around managing content in HTML?
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