You kids... I was the king of <MAP> back in the day

Even today <map> is useful and good at what it does for, say, interactive maps. Which is why it hasn't been removed.

some of the comments made me chuckle:

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damn, i am getting old.

for better or worse i'd say there was a whole year i made websites using nothing but the map tag.

>I'd never seen a <map> tag either:

It is always a good idea to learn about old technologies. Probably the most eloquent reasoning why came from Feynman's "Know how to solve every problem that has been solved."

With the exception of the startup I did, I would characterize most of my experience as a developer in life as working with legacy code. It gets a bad reputation, but at the same time I now have a lot of insight.

Jeff Bridges makes extensive use of <map> in his webpage. I am unsure if this is apocryphal, but I'm told he makes the whole site himself.

jeffbridges.com