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Discouraged features

Using the following features is discouraged, even if they're still implemented in browsers, because standards bodies and/or browser implementers have agreed that they should not be used.

• Accessor methods

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript

  The __defineGetter__() and __defineSetter__() methods of objects bind a function to a property, which is called on setting or reading the property.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• arguments.callee

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript Groups: JavaScript

  The callee property of the arguments variable in a non-strict function body's local scope is the function that arguments belongs to.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• clip

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: Clipping, shapes and masking

  The clip CSS property sets the visible area of an absolutely positioned element.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1.3 Released on 2005-04-15
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• color-adjust

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: Print media

  The color-adjust shorthand CSS property allows multiple performance related color adjustments to be set at once. Setting the print-color-adjust CSS property directly is preferred, as it is the only such adjustment so far defined.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox 48 Released on 2016-08-02
  • Firefox for Android 48 Released on 2016-08-02
  • Safari 15.4 Released on 2022-03-14
  • Safari on iOS 15.4 Released on 2022-03-14

• color-contrast()

  Discouraged

  Groups: CSS > Color types

  The color-contrast() CSS function picks a color from a list that has the most contrast with another color.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• CSS object model (DOM level 2)

  Discouraged

  Tags: api Groups: CSS > CSS object models

  The DOM level 2 style specification defined interfaces to access and modify CSS styles, such as CSSValue and CSSPrimitiveValue, that were later excluded from the CSS object model.

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  • Edge ❌
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  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari 10 Released on 2016-09-20
  • Safari on iOS 10 Released on 2016-09-13

• getYear() and setYear()

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript Groups: JavaScript

  The getYear() and setYear() methods of Date objects get and set the year as an offset to 1900.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• toGMTString()

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript

  The toGMTString() method of Date objects is an alias to the toUTCString() method.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• Device media queries

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: CSS > Media queries

  The device-aspect-ratio, device-height, and device-width media features describe physical properties of the displaying output device.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 2 Released on 2006-10-24
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• Document colors

  Discouraged

  Tags: api

  A document's bgColor, fgColor, alinkColor, linkColor, and vlinkColor properties get and set the background, foreground, active link, link, and visited link colors of that document.

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  • Chrome 64 Released on 2018-01-23
  • Chrome Android 64 Released on 2018-01-23
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 69 Released on 2019-09-03
  • Firefox for Android 79 Released on 2020-07-28
  • Safari 11 Released on 2017-09-19
  • Safari on iOS 11 Released on 2017-09-19

• document.write()

  Discouraged

  Tags: api

  The document.open(), document.write(), document.writeln(), and document.close() methods write content to a document, possibly while that document is still loading.

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  • Chrome 45 Released on 2015-09-01
  • Chrome Android 45 Released on 2015-09-01
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 69 Released on 2019-09-03
  • Firefox for Android 79 Released on 2020-07-28
  • Safari 11 Released on 2017-09-19
  • Safari on iOS 11 Released on 2017-09-19

• escape() and unescape()

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript Groups: JavaScript

  The escape() and unescape() built-in Javascript methods encode and unencode strings using percent encoding, where certain characters are replaced by hexadecimal escape sequences.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• execCommand()

  Discouraged

  Tags: api Groups: Clipboard

  The execCommand() method reads and writes from the clipboard and performs editing commands on editable text, such as changing the font name or style. Related methods check whether commands are supported, enabled, or applied.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox 69 Released on 2019-09-03
  • Firefox for Android 79 Released on 2020-07-28
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• window.external

  Discouraged

  Tags: api

  The window.external.AddSearchProvider() and window.external.IsSearchProviderInstalled() do nothing. Historically, they added external search providers to the browser.

  Baseline availability blocked since July 2015 by Safari (117 months)

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  • Chrome 9 Released on 2011-02-03
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 2 Released on 2006-10-24
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• font-stretch

  Discouraged

  Tags: css svg Groups: CSS > Fonts

  The font-stretch CSS property selects a font face from a font family based on width, either by a keyword such as condensed or a percentage.

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  • Chrome 60 Released on 2017-07-25
  • Chrome Android 60 Released on 2017-08-01
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 9 Released on 2011-12-20
  • Firefox for Android 9 Released on 2011-12-21
  • Safari 11 Released on 2017-09-19
  • Safari on iOS 11 Released on 2017-09-19

• Function caller and arguments

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript Groups: JavaScript

  The caller and arguments properties of a non-strict mode Function object are the function that called it and the arguments it was called with. Not to be confused with the arguments variable in a function body's local scope.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• glyph-orientation-vertical

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: CSS

  The glyph-orientation-vertical CSS property sets the orientation of glyphs in text rendered in a vertical writing mode.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari 4 Released on 2009-06-08
  • Safari on iOS 3.2 Released on 2010-04-03

• HTML wrapper methods

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript Groups: JavaScript

  JavaScript built-in methods such as, String.bold() and String.italics(), wrap strings in (often historic) HTML.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• ime-mode

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: CSS

  The ime-mode CSS property sets the state of the input method editor for text fields.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox 3 Released on 2008-06-17
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• Import assertions

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript

  Module import … assert { type: "json" } and import … assert { type: "css" } JavaScript statements load JSON and CSS data.

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  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• MediaController

  Discouraged

  Tags: api

  The playback of multiple <video> or <audio> elements can be coordinated by a MediaController instance, for example to synchronize a sign-language interpreter track with the main video track.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari 7 Released on 2013-10-22
  • Safari on iOS 7 Released on 2013-09-18

• Mutation events

  Discouraged

  Tags: api Groups: DOM

  Mutation events like DOMSubtreeModified, DOMNodeInserted, or DOMNodeRemoved fire when DOM changes occur.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• overflow: overlay

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: CSS

  The overflow: overlay CSS declaration is an alias to overflow: auto. Historically, it caused non-standard behavior, allowing scrollbars to overlay content without taking up layout space.

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  • Chrome 114 Released on 2023-05-30
  • Chrome Android 114 Released on 2023-05-30
  • Edge 114 Released on 2023-06-02
  • Firefox 112 Released on 2023-04-11
  • Firefox for Android 112 Released on 2023-04-11
  • Safari 12 Released on 2018-09-17
  • Safari on iOS 12 Released on 2018-09-17

• Page break aliases

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: CSS > Layout

  The page-break-before, page-break-inside, and page-break-after CSS properties are aliases to the break-before, break-inside, and break-after properties.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• PerformanceTiming and PerformanceNavigation

  Discouraged

  Tags: api Groups: Performance

  The window.performance.timing and window.performance.navigation APIs report performance timing information for events that occur during the loading and use of the current page.

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  • Chrome 56 Released on 2017-01-25
  • Chrome Android 56 Released on 2017-02-01
  • Edge 18 Released on 2018-10-02
  • Firefox 56 Released on 2017-09-28
  • Firefox for Android 56 Released on 2017-09-28
  • Safari 14.1 Released on 2021-04-26
  • Safari on iOS 14.5 Released on 2021-04-26

• Portals

  Discouraged

  The <portal> HTML element embeds another page into the current page as a non-interactive preview.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox ❌ Vendor position : defer
  • Firefox for Android ❌ Vendor position : defer
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• __proto__

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript

  The __proto__ property of objects partially exposes the prototype of an object.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• RegExp compile()

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript

  The compile() method of RegExp objects recompiles an existing regular expression object using a new pattern and flags.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 3.1 Released on 2008-03-18
  • Safari on iOS 2 Released on 2008-07-11

• RegExp static properties

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript

  The RegExp object has several static properties to access the input and results of the most-recent regular expression match.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

• Speech recognition grammar

  Discouraged

  Tags: api Groups: Speech

  The SpeechRecognition.grammars property of the Web Speech API represents a set of words or patterns of words that the recognition service should recognize, used for when the recognition service's accuracy is low. This feature has been removed due to advancements in speech recognition.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• SVG 1.1 (discouraged)

  Discouraged

  Tags: api css svg

  The SVG 1.1 image format has several components that were excluded from SVG 2, such as fonts, alternate glyphs, and the xlink namespace.

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  • Chrome ❌
  • Chrome Android ❌
  • Edge ❌
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• Table styling

  Discouraged

  Tags: api html Groups: HTML > HTML elements

  Attributes and properties of table elements, such as align, vAlign, noWrap, bgcolor, or char set various visual presentation properties of the table and its sections and cells. These are obsolete, and some of them have no effect. Use CSS instead.

  Baseline availability blocked since July 2015 by Firefox (117 months)

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari ≤4 Released before 2009-06-08
  • Safari on iOS ≤3.2 Released before 2010-04-03

• text-decoration-line: blink

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: Animation CSS

  The text-decoration: blink CSS declaration flashes text between visible and invisible.

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  • Chrome 57 Released on 2017-03-09
  • Chrome Android 57 Released on 2017-03-16
  • Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
  • Firefox 36 Released on 2015-02-24
  • Firefox for Android 36 Released on 2015-02-27
  • Safari 12.1 Released on 2019-03-25
  • Safari on iOS 12.2 Released on 2019-03-25

• WebVR

  Discouraged

  Tags: api

  The navigator.getVRDisplays() API represents virtual reality (VR) devices, including sensors and head-mounted displays.

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  • Firefox ❌
  • Firefox for Android ❌
  • Safari ❌
  • Safari on iOS ❌

• with

  Discouraged

  Tags: javascript Groups: JavaScript

  The with JavaScript statement adds a given object to the chain of scopes used to evaluate names.

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  • Chrome 38 Released on 2014-10-07
  • Chrome Android 38 Released on 2014-10-08
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 48 Released on 2016-08-02
  • Firefox for Android 48 Released on 2016-08-02
  • Safari 10 Released on 2016-09-20
  • Safari on iOS 10 Released on 2016-09-13

• word-break: break-word

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: CSS

  The word-break: break-word CSS declaration sets word breaks to occur according to their customary rules. Superseded by overflow-wrap: anywhere.

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  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 67 Released on 2019-05-21
  • Firefox for Android 67 Released on 2019-05-21
  • Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
  • Safari on iOS 2 Released on 2008-07-11

• writing-mode SVG 1.1 values

  Discouraged

  Tags: css Groups: CSS

  The lr, lr-tb, rl, rl-tb, tb, and tb-rl keyword values for the writing-mode CSS property set the text direction for elements in SVG 1.1 documents.

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  • Chrome 48 Released on 2016-01-20
  • Chrome Android 48 Released on 2016-01-26
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 43 Released on 2015-12-15
  • Firefox for Android 43 Released on 2015-12-15
  • Safari 10.1 Released on 2017-03-27
  • Safari on iOS 10.3 Released on 2017-03-27