- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:36:53 +0100
Nils Dagsson Moskopp wrote: >> The small element represents small print [...] > >> The b element represents a span of text to be stylistically offset from > the normal prose without conveying any extra importance [...] > > Both definitions seems rather presentational (contrasting, for example, > the new semantic definition for the <i> element) and could also be > realized by use of <span> elements. > > To me these look like the last remnants of the <font> element. So why > are these elements retained ? This issue has been discussed in depth in the past; most significantly on public-html around May 2007. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2007May/thread.html#msg3 (I think most of the releant discussion is in the "Cleaning House" thread) I have added an entry to the FAQ detailing the rationale for including these elements, and have previously written an article about the issue too. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_are_some_presentational_elements_like_.3Cb.3E.2C_.3Ci.3E_and_.3Csmall.3E_still_included.3F http://lachy.id.au/log/2007/05/b-and-i http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2007-January/009060.html -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/
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