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

[Tim MacKay]

I agree with the reasoning but in practice I think its actually better to
use <b> and <i> (maybe not so much <u>) - sometimes you just want something
bold and its much less markup to wrap <b> and <i> instead of <span
class="bold" [which in itself creates the conumdrum of separating markup
from presentation: what do you call this class??]>some text</span> then
.bold { font-weight: bold; etc; etc; } I hope they don't deprecate it
completely, it is useful when you don't want something to be <strong> for
screen readers, just bold text.

 

My 2 cents.

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mahendran Venkatesan
Sent: Thursday, 27 March 2008 4:19 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Why is <u> deprecated?

 

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



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