Why does HTML require that multiple spaces show up as a single space in the browser?
Spaces are compacted in HTML because there’s a distinction between how HTML is formatted and how it should be rendered. Consider a page like this: <html> <body> <a href=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/433493/mylink”>A link</a> </body> </html> If the HTML was indented using spaces for example, the link would be preceded by several spaces.