French, Angela K (MHTG) wrote: > Since the use of <b></b> has no semantic meaning, what would the user of > assistive technologies (screen readers) experience when encountering > this?
Hi Angela, These tags are not deprecated according to the W3C specifications for HTML or XHTML 1.0 [1]. Quoted directly from the link I gave you [2]: "HTML <tt> <i> <b> <big> <small> tags Definition and Usage The following elements are all font style elements. They are not deprecated, but it is possible to achieve richer effects using style sheets." I don't have or use a screen reader, so I can't say for certain how any assistive technology would handle an empty <b> tag. Logically, one would assume that since it contains no content, it would be ignored, but that's pure speculation on my part. Unfortunately, cross browser limitations create problems for users and developers alike. The lack of support for a fully-implementable rounded corner solution means we developers often have to try to balance design with semantics. I think you'd receive no argument from Thierry if you thought his solution was not ideal in all situations. He has proven to be a valuable resource and true CSS wizard on many occasions on this list and through the resources and tutorials he offers on his site. These solutions are often offered up as workarounds for the limitations of full cross browser CSS support, or the "inadequacies" of the current status of the CSS specs. I think you'd have to decide for yourself whether the solution offered on his page would be right for whatever project you were working on. Hope that helps. --Bill [1] http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp [2] http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_font_style.asp -- /** * Bill Brown * TheHolierGrail.com & MacNimble.com * From dot concept...to dot com...since 1999. ***********************************************/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
