@@Gunnar Bittersmann > Die Schreibweise `<x/>` für Standalone-Elemente bietet gegenüber `<x>` den Mehrwert, dass sie die Suche nach einem End-Tag erspart, wenn man den Elementtypen nicht kennt. Lief über’n [Ticker](https://x.com/LeaVerou/status/1823736898482782319): *🔥 Hot take: The self-closing syntax makes HTML easier to learn.*{:@en} *It means novices can tell the difference between valid and invalid markup \*before\* they memorize HTML’s entire vocabulary of element names.*{:@en} *Given that HTML is the most novice-friendly language in the web platform, I think that’s a benefit worth preserving.*{:@en} *But even to experts, the cognitive process of reading a tag name and remembering whether it’s self-closing is much slower (though both tasks are very fast in absolute terms).*{:@en} *Generally, \*reading\* even one word is much slower than identifying familiar symbols which can be recognized in one go, as images (the "familiar" part is important; unfamiliar symbols introduce way more friction than reading — I’m looking at you WebKit devtools).*{:@en} — Lea Verou Kwakoni Yiquan {:@art-x-kwejian} PS: Tab Atkins widerspricht im Thread. -- *Ad astra per aspera*{:@la}

@@Gunnar Bittersmann > Die Schreibweise `<x/>` für Standalone-Elemente bietet gegenüber `<x>` den Mehrwert, dass sie die Suche nach einem End-Tag erspart, wenn man den Elementtypen nicht kennt. Lief über’n [Ticker](https://x.com/LeaVerou/status/1823736898482782319): *🔥 Hot take: The self-closing syntax makes HTML easier to learn.*{:@en} *It means novices can tell the difference between valid and invalid markup \*before\* they memorize HTML’s entire vocabulary of element names.*{:@en} *Given that HTML is the most novice-friendly language in the web platform, I think that’s a benefit worth preserving.*{:@en} *But even to experts, the cognitive process of reading a tag name and remembering whether it’s self-closing is much slower (though both tasks are very fast in absolute terms).*{:@en} *Generally, \*reading\* even one word is much slower than identifying familiar symbols which can be recognized in one go, as images (the "familiar" part is important; unfamiliar symbols introduce way more friction than reading — I’m looking at you WebKit devtools).*{:@en} — Lea Verou Kwakoni Yiquan {:@art-x-kwejian} -- *Ad astra per aspera*{:@la}