But doesn't that depend on what you're using the bold tag for? There are
times, for instance - when you might want something to appear bold
visually, but it wouldn't need to be spoken louder/emphasized for a
screen reader, which - if I'm not mistaken, reads <strong> differently
than it would normal text.
Again, I'm a girl, and as such, I like to make things look somewhat
pretty... Like, If I'm typing up something about me, I would put
<b>Name:</b> Erica Jean... instead of <strong>Name:</strong> Erica Jean
because there's no reason for the "Name" to be emphasised in any way.
The bold tag is there only to make it LOOK a bit different. And if I'm
writing up a profile, or filling out a silly LJ questionarre thing I'm
not going to write out <span class="bold">Name:</span> for every line.
lol. That's just a waste of time and character space. ^^
Same thing for <i></i> and <em></em> If you're just making it itallic
for no other reason than visual, and you don't want it to be emphasized
in a screen reader - there's no reason to use <em>.
Just my point of view on the whole matter :)
Brian Cummiskey wrote:
Christian Montoya wrote:
I don't think <b></b> is valid. Just do another span, with {
font-weight:bold; }
<b> tags are still valid in xhtml1.0 strict, but they don't posess any
semantic value, which is why moving to <strong> is the preferred mark-up.
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