Christian Heilmann wrote:
>> And the big benefit to using <strong> and <em> - if CSS is off, the
>> visitor at least gets some indication that those particular
>> words/phrases have a bit more importance than their surrounding text.
> 
> How is that different from <b> and <i> ? The main difference is that
> <b> and <i> are visual only whereas <strong> and <em> give the text
> semantical meaning. Underline is the same thing: It is only visual and
> doesn't have any semantic meaning. On the web it is even more
> confusing as underlined text indicates a link and not an emphasis.
> Therefore simulating <u> with spans is just not sensible.

No difference. <strong> or <em> vs <b> or <i> - the first two describe 
something of the meaning of the enclosed text. The last two just say 
make it bold or italic. But the tag names are a constant reminder to not 
think purely in visual terms.

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David
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