Using css pre-wrap vs br?
<p>I'm wondering if there's any benefits to using <code>&lt;br&gt;</code> instead of css <code>white-space:pre-wrap</code>.</p>

<p>Most sites I've come across use <code>&lt;br&gt;</code> for line breaks on comment sections and other user written sections, instead of pre-wrap. Left wondering what benefits this has, as pre-wrap seems to be easier to implement, allows users to put their own line spacing, and so forth; which to me, would seem like a nicer user experience.</p>

<p>Only downside to this seems to be that very old browsers (IE 7-), which horrors seem to have been long forgotten as usage and support is now so low, don't fully support white-space.</p>