[css-d] Now why we want to use strong instead of b?
I haven't quite figured out why codestrong/code came into use instead of codeb/code. The latter is so much short and easier to type? Why did that change occur? Rick __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Now why we want to use strong instead of b?
I haven't quite figured out why codestrong/code came into use instead of codeb/code. For semantic reasons. The general meaning of b is stress this, which we display visually as enboldened print, but in a screen reader it is spoken more loudly. To reflect this semantic meaning we are now use strong. And with CSS we can now display strong as, for example red colored text rather than bold text if we wish. Same argument goes for i / em. (However, note that b and i are *not* deprecated and are fine to use when we do not MEAN strong or emphasis. For example it is proper to use i for the title of a magazine article, or for foreign terms. In these cases we use italics not to suggest stress, but just because that is the way Strunk and White tell us to format them. There is no semantic meaning in these latter cases.) Hope that clarifies a bit. -- E. Michael Brandt www.divaHTML.com divaPOP : standards-compliant popup windows divaGPS : you-are-here menu highlighting divaFAQ : FAQ pages with pizazz www.valleywebdesigns.com JustSo PictureWindow JustSo PhotoAlbum -- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Now why we want to use strong instead of b?
(However, note that b and i are *not* deprecated and are fine to use when we do not MEAN strong or emphasis. For example it is proper to use i for the title of a magazine article, or for foreign terms. In these cases we use italics not to suggest stress, but just because that is the way Strunk and White tell us to format them. There is no semantic meaning in these latter cases.) I use the cite tag for titles of books or the names of magazines (styleguides vary widely, but I always put the title of an article in quotes). This seems more correct than any other approach I've encountered. The definitions I've encountered for cite are often vague and weird. They seem to describe situations where q or blockquote would be a better choice - which leaves me feeling better about using cite for titles! So, I use cite for titles that belong in italic text, em for emphasis, and i in cases of extreme laziness or maybe some oddball situations. Foreign terms are a good example - there's no particularly semantic tag for those, is there? (Yes, you could make a span class, but that's pretty annoying). I don't use b for anything anymore and it's pretty rare that I find cases to use strong. (But I have a lot of elements with a font- weight: bold.) Does anyone find real uses for the b tag? - Jason -- http://jasondas.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/