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Re: [WSG] Why is <u> deprecated?

John Hancock
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:52:57 -0700

Hi Kepler,

In many ways, <b> has been deprecated in favour of <strong> and <i> in favour of <em> (emphasis). <u> (underline) has been deprecated because it shouldn't be part of structural markup, but instead part of styling, so it would be replaced by <span class="underline"></span> or similar.

The reason <b> (bold) and <i> italic haven't actually been deprecated is that the HTML working group were worried it would lead to the misuse of other presentational tags, indeed such as <em> and <strong>, which should be considered whenever you use these 'newer' tags!

cheers,

John

Kepler Gelotte wrote:
Hi,

I am just curious if anyone can explain why the <u> tag has been deprecated
while <b> and <i> are still allowed.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Kepler Gelotte
Neighbor Webmaster, Inc.
156 Normandy Dr., Piscataway, NJ 08854
www.neighborwebmaster.com
phone/fax: (732) 302-0904



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