- From: Murray Maloney <murray@muzmo.com>
- Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 17:18:45 -0400
- To: tina@greytower.net
- Cc: Murray Maloney <murray@muzmo.com>,Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, www-html@w3.org,public-html@w3.org
At 10:51 PM 5/6/2007 +0200, Tina Holmboe wrote: > > You keep saying that <em> is more meaningful, yet you have not been > > able to explain what that additional meaning is. Pray tell, what more > > does <em> tell me or anyone? > > It isn't a case of how much the EM-element tell you. It's a case of > how LITTLE the I-element do. > > I have, repeatedly, stated that the I-element as defined does not > convey any meaning, but the EM-element does. It is, in my opinion, the > /wrong decision/ to redefine the world and not expect to take the > consequences. What meaning do you think that the <em> conveys? If you answer with "emphasis", I ask you again to consider that there are many forms of emphasis, and that bold and italic are forms of emphasis as are yelling and whispering. I also ask you to consider that <i> may be rendered without using an italic typeface.
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