- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:31:02 -0800
- To: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>
- Cc: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>, WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 03:41 p.m. 11/16/98 -0500, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen wrote: >That it shouldn't mess with the tags in one thing (which is why I don't use >it) - but could you please explain why <I> and <B> are vastly inferior to ><EM> and <STRONG>? I and B are presentational -- they assume a certain presentation which doesn't have meaning in all user agents. In other words, if you're reading something aloud, you can't put it in italics or bold. EM and STRONG, on the other hand, are broader. They mean "show this emphasized" or "show this strongly emphasized" and thus leave it up to the browser to determine how it should say something. I can emphasize words when speaking out loud, but I can't _italicize_ words while speaking out loud. The "preferred way" to do these kinds of things is to use EM and STRONG, and if you need italics or bold, use styles for visual browsers. -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.idyllmtn.com/~kynn/ Chief Technologist & Co-Owner, Idyll Mountain Internet; Fullerton, California Enroll now for my online stylesheets (CSS) class! http://www.hwg.org/classes/ The voice of the future? http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/w3c/voicebrowsers.html
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