Re: [css3-text] Suppressing underlines propagated from ancestors

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