UBB != HTML
There are occasional similarities, but UBB code is generally much simpler than HTML. Only things like
code:
[b]
[i]
in UBB are similar to their HTML equivalents:
code:
<b>
<i>
Stuff like hyperlinks are simpler in UBB:
code:
SE.net
And that in HTML:
code:
<a href="http://www.spaceempires.net/">SE.net</URL>
Of course, they are similar, but just a bit simpler. 
And then, of course, HTML has about 10000 times as many possible code elements as UBB...
[ October 30, 2003, 22:09: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]