Mahendran Venkatesan
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:50 -0700
The presentational elements such as <b>, <i>, <s> and <u> are deprecated as because it can be achieved by CSS. For example, <u> can be achieved by *"text-decoration: underline*;". I think, <em> and <strong> have been left for *screen readers* to understand the emphasize part. Thanks! Venkatesan M On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Kepler Gelotte < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************