### <a name="HTML and TWiki Usability"></a> HTML and TWiki Usability
-- On collaboration pages, it's preferable NOT to use HTML, and to use [[TWiki shorthand|Main/WebHome#TWikiShorthand]] instead - this keeps the text uncluttered and easy to edit.
-- %X% **NOTE:** TWiki is designed to work with a wide range of browsers and computer platforms, holding to HTML 3.2 compatibility in the standard installation - adding raw HTML, particularly browser-specific tags (or any other mark-up that doesn't degrade well) will reduce compatibility.
+- %T% **TIP:** On collaboration pages, it's preferable NOT to use HTML, and to use [[TWiki shorthand|Main/WebHome#TWikiShorthand]] instead - this keeps the text uncluttered and easy to edit.
+- %X% **NOTE:** TWiki is designed to work with a wide range of browsers and computer platforms, holding to HTML 4.0 and XHTML 1.0 compatibility in the standard installation - adding raw HTML, particularly browser-specific tags (or any other mark-up that doesn't degrade well) will reduce compatibility.
+- Recommondations when using HTML:
+ - Use [XHTML 1.0 Transitional](http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/) syntax
+ - Do not span a tag over more then one line
+ - Remove all empty lines. TWiki inserts `<p />` paragraph tags on empty lines, which causes problems if done between tags that do not allow paragraph tags, like for example between table tags.
### <a name="TWiki HTML Rendering"></a> TWiki HTML Rendering