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One of the most common descriptive notes people have to write using text when they post links or images to blogs, comments or anywhere in HTML is to say "this link is not safe for work" or simply "NSFW". By adding the <NSFW> tag, this could be made much simpler and standardized. Browsers could then have an option to automatically hide all <NSFW> content. A tag is preferred to an attribute since it could then also be used around content and not just links. Examples: <nsfw><a href="http://www.example.com">Pics here!</a></nsfw> <nsfw><img src="badkitten.jpg"></nsfw>
An attribute is probably a better idea than an element. Perhaps this should be generalized into some sort of content-rating attribute. For example: <html contentrating="pornographic"/> <div contentrating="violent">...</div> Altogether this is probably a bad idea since it's hard to enforce and easy to abuse.
There are many reasons why I think <nsfw> would be better. First it's a well known descriptor amongst online forums, board, sharing sites, etc, and would not require additional learning on the part of the user. Second, any kind of online posting engine such as a board or comment system that already supports a subset of HTML tags could easily add the NSFW one, but it'd be nearly impossible to add parameters like that.
This is not a good idea at all. It's a nice concept but for a valid HTML tag, not so good. 1. NSFW is an opinion & why would it be not safe for work, but it'd be safe for at home? A picture of a naked lady is not going to go over well at home either for many people. The name would need to be changed as it doesn't actually make sense semantically. 2. Hiding content should be left to CSS only. If not, this can and will be abused beyond belief. 3. Why would we add NSFW if we haven't added or even thought about <lol>,<lmao>,<wtf> or <oh>. NSFW is Internet slang along with those. I'm not opposed to the idea of marking content, but it should be done in a semantic way such as using attributes. For example, <div content="pornographic"> or <img content="violent">, or even <a content="language">
This is basically just a specific case of the semantic provided already by the <details> element. Instead of: nude men on a beach: <nsfw> <img src="..." alt="..."> </nsfw> ...use: <details> <legend> NSFW - nude men on a beach </legend> <img src="..." alt="..."> </details>
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