- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 00:30:34 +0100
- To: www-html@w3.org
- CC: public-html@w3.org
Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > You claimed that Web Apps 1.0 would somehow encourage more author use of > <b> to mark up headers. I assumed no one would make this claim if they > were aware of <h*>, <header>, the sectioning algorithm, and the fact > that it does not condone use of <b> for headers in any way. Here's a > direct quote: "The b element should be used as a last resort when no > other element is more appropriate. In particular, headers should use the > h1 to h6 elements..." It also does not make <b> equivalent to <strong>. Turning this around, then: what situations do we have where people would use <b> as a last resort? Apart from authoring tools that only offer a B button? And not talking about legacy content (which would have to be revised, even in light of the current spec). P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com ______________________________________________________________ Co-lead, Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________ Take it to the streets ... join the WaSP Street Team http://streetteam.webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________
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