- From: Ivan Enderlin <w3c@hoa-project.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:41:07 +0100
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Anne van Kesteren a écrit : > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:39:21 +0100, Ivan Enderlin > <w3c@hoa-project.net> wrote: >> I was reading the HTML 5 draft and something is strange about <u> tag. >> In HTML 4, <u> tag is depreciated [1], and <u> tag doesn't exist in HTML >> 5 [2]. I don't find anymore informations about it in XHTML 1.0 or 1.1. >> So I deduce that we can't underlined an element in HTML right now ? > > This is still possible using CSS: text-decoration:underline. I believe > the main reason <u> is not in HTML5 is that usability studies have > shown that users very strongly connotate underlined text with a link. Oh ok, it's a good argument. Thanks :) > Using <u> obviously has adverse affects on this expectation. > > >> Notes : >> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/graphics.html#edef-U ; >> [2] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#phrase. And, of course I know how to decorate a text underlined with CSS ;-) (for all). -Ivan
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