- From: Ambrose LI <ambrose.li@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:32:01 -0500
- To: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- Cc: "Belov, Charles" <Charles.Belov@sfmta.com>, www-style@w3.org
2011/2/22 Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>: > Also, <u> is actually not a semantic element by anyone's standards. > It's not currently valid HTML5. Some people are trying to get it > re-added as valid, but even then it's clearly just going to be a > shorthand for <span style="text-decoration: underline">, not an > element that has any meaning outside of a visual presentation. That's why I'm not going to use HTML5 for my own work. (If I am forced to use it, I will, reluctantly.) I just cannot accept a standard that treats underlines as a purely presentational element. They simply are not. -- cheers, -ambrose
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