title: Is it safe to omit </TD> and </TR> tags?
body: <p>According to <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#edef-TD">w3c</a> <code>&lt;/TD&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;/TR&gt;</code> tags are optional, so the following table is perfectly valid.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;table&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;google
      &lt;td&gt;chrome
  &lt;/table&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And all browsers I've tested it with render the table fine. I just wanted to ask if this is generally considered safe to use, or if older browsers, which I don't have access to, cause problems. Thanks.</p>
  
  <p>It reduces gzip html size on a page with many tables by a few percent.</p>