Re: HTML 4.0 draft available

> In defense of U, B, I, and TT: there are times where one prefers a 
> visual emphasis without the logical emphasis. One common use is with 
> description lists (DL element): <DT> is highlighted visually.  There 
> are situations where visual cues are useful. 

Browsers give visual clues to <DT>, yes, but *not necessarily* in the same
way. Style sheets allow web authors and web readers the option to *choose*
what those visual clues are.
 
> (Yes, StyleSheets are perfect for this, but not everyone uses a
> browser that supports them; looking at my logs I can see plenty of
> people are Using Netscape 2.0 and 3.0 and MSIE 2.0 and even Mosaic
> and Lynx)

That's why there is the concept of "deprecation": an element or attribute
stays in the spec because it is commonly used in previous versions, but
alternatives which fit the model better exist and should be used in future.
[I don't disagree with keeping those elements in the DTD, as long as
they're either (a) consistent or (b) highlighted as being inconsistent ;) ]

Received on Thursday, 10 July 1997 10:53:40 UTC