On Aug 18, 2005, at 1:50 AM, Lea de Groot wrote:
In theory, I agree with you.
But in practice - the B tag has a history, it has been used to imply
boldness of the marked-up text.
I think using it the fashion you are describing introduces maintenance
issues.
I think the developer who approaches this later will be confused.
'Why did they use a B tag here? Are they implying boldness? It isn't
semantic. What were they trying to achieve?'
For this reason alone I would use a span tag instead of a b in these
circumstances.
I agree fully that this is a debatable topic, with merits (non-CSS
backwards compatibility) and liabilities (possibly greater *human*
incompatibility). However, I'll always get worked up when people
declare their own preference is the standard, and I think it's useful
to point out such a fallacy. Such declarations, although well-
intentioned, do not help a person struggling to understand the standard.
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