- From: Daniel Dardailler <danield@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:41:42 +0200
- To: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> >Recommended: > [snip] > > no B,I,TT,ALIGN,BORDER,FONT,BACKGROUND (HTML4 deprecated++) By deprecated++, I meant to encompass [deprecated thing + a couple of presentation markup not yet deprecated in HTML4]. > B, I, and TT are not deprecated, and they still have some use for > situations where HTML lacks a suitable phrase element. For example, <B > class="vector">x</B> and <I lang="la">i.e.</I> are in my opinion better > than <SPAN class="vector">x</SPAN> and <SPAN lang="la">i.e.</SPAN> since > the B and I elements can express the meaning to visual browsers that don't > support style sheets. Yes, B and I have acquire some semantics over the years. I guess we need to be more precised and mention that we do not recommend their use for purely typographical presentation: use CSS instead, and if it's to note strong or emphasis, people can use STRONG and EM. > The BORDER attribute of TABLE is also not deprecated. Given the weak > browser support for style sheets (particularly with borders and tables), I > don't see the harm in using the BORDER attribute. How about [Interim] and then CSS2 ? > > use proper Quotations: BLOCKQUOTE and Q elements > > Is it too early to recommend using Q when almost no browsers support it? How about [New] ?
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