Christian Heilmann wrote: > On 8/21/06, david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Christian Heilmann wrote: >>>> And the big benefit to using <strong> and <em> - if CSS is off, the >>>> visitor at least gets some indication that those particular >>>> words/phrases have a bit more importance than their surrounding text. >>> How is that different from <b> and <i> ? The main difference is that >>> <b> and <i> are visual only whereas <strong> and <em> give the text >>> semantical meaning. Underline is the same thing: It is only visual and >>> doesn't have any semantic meaning. On the web it is even more >>> confusing as underlined text indicates a link and not an emphasis. >>> Therefore simulating <u> with spans is just not sensible. >> No difference. <strong> or <em> vs <b> or <i> - the first two describe >> something of the meaning of the enclosed text. The last two just say >> make it bold or italic. But the tag names are a constant reminder to not >> think purely in visual terms. > > Yes, but there is no bold or italic for an aural user agent, so there > is a massive difference in between them.
I've always been curious about just what an aural user agent does with tags like <strong>, <em>, <b> and <i>. Anyone know? -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
