- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:27:31 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 09:53 PM 09/07/97 -0700, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: >At 9:29a -0400 07/09/97, Steven Champeon wrote: > > > > Why would anyone in their right mind *want* to type <STRONG> when > > they can type <B>? I'm restricting my question to the obvious fact > > of one being shorter than the other. > >Well, you could also copy/paste, or drag&drop, or use a macro, etc. >It does clutter up the text, though, and for this reason I prefer ><B> and <I> -- readability. > > > the effect that... their longer terms has > > on the sheer size of the files produced. > >Yes, this is also an issue. I am not keen on wasting bandwidth on >*anything*, whether graphics *or* text. So if you were using JavaScript or Java you would always use one-letter variables to save bandwidth? If you want readability, then you want elements like STRONG that are explicit in what they mean. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM8TVMQ/JhtXygIx1AQE2VwL+NEmG7FZkG2RSwKZ8BbhjaW0vz/suH777 vdO6jzoJ94nUh5JThl2XXuOpH/A/qNI031l0ocRciMtVg8ptQPVRIdjfn5TZb3Gr zbAmKSjjT7adylPJZNHkabJ6bqXeuXon =uYYj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Liam Quinn =============== http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/ =============== Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/ ====== PGP Key at http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/pgp.html =====
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