使用HTML特殊字符代码与直接粘贴特殊代码

Question

Which is considered a better practice and why in terms of what does it effect:

To use special characters HTML codes in a webpage for example © for copyright or to use Character Map and copy paste the symbol in the page directly.

To be more specific under which circumstances is it NOT recommended to use html literals?

Answer 1

Literal characters:

• Use fewer bytes
• Are generally easier to read in source code
• Can be easier to type if you know how to produce them on your keyboard

Entities:

• Can be less ambiguous in source code
• Can be typed on any keyboard
• Work even if your somehow manage to screw up the encoding of the document

Which is "better" depends on the particular circumstances.