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I have a warning on use of a menu tag in an html5 document. using http://validator.w3.org

The menu element is not supported by browsers yet. It would probably be better to wait for implementations

<menu>  
    <li><a href="index.html"><img src="images/home_button.jpg" alt="Home" ></a></li>
    <li><a href="research.htm"><img src="images/research_button.jpg" alt="Research" ></a></li>
    <li><a href="publ.htm"><img src="images/publs_button.jpg" alt="Publications" ></a></li>
    <li><a href="researchz.htm"><img src="images/researchz_button.jpg" alt="Researchers" ></a></li>
    <li><a href="presentations.htm"><img src="images/presentations.jpg" alt="Presentations, Posters, and Talks" ></a></li>
    <li><a href="colabs.htm"><img src="images/collab_button.jpg" alt="Collaborators" ></a></li>
    <li><a href="classes.htm"><img src="images/courses_button.jpg" alt="Courses" ></a></li>
    <li><a href="gallery.htm"><img src="images/gallery_button.jpg" alt="gallery" ></a></li> 
</menu>

Is there any reason i shouldn't use this code to serve as my menu bar? Also, when will it be implemented? is there a release date?

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The <menu> tag is NOT supported by any of the major browsers.