# Is it possible to write a custom client other than a web browser?

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**Created:** [Outubro 18, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-write-a-custom-client-other-than-a-web-browser/51671 "2016-10-18T05:34:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [Outubro 18, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-write-a-custom-client-other-than-a-web-browser/51671/4 "2016-10-18T17:24:35Z")

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I believe “cooked” will be HTML5

```plaintext
<!DOCTYPE html>

```

I have never noticed any XHTML-specific style tags. eg. self-closing tags with the slash.

```plaintext
<link .... >

```

vs.

```plaintext
<link .... />

```

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