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GrannyGrump · 06-10-2013, 12:41 AM

Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought that and were being deprecated, and that we were encouraged to use and (I usually style these in the CSS as italic and bold, respectively). I would rather use the concise and , but not if it means they will fail some years down the road. Although, I guess they could be styled in the CSS as well:
i {font-style: italic}

I also don't quite get the usage of blockquote. What is the advantage of blockquote over a div? Other than getting "default" blockquote styling. Wouldn't it be just as easy to style a div for what is required? I'm sure I am overlooking the obvious here.

06-10-2013, 12:41 AM	#22
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought that <i> and <b> were being deprecated, and that we were encouraged to use <em> and <strong> (I usually style these in the CSS as italic and bold, respectively). I would rather use the concise <i> and <b>, but not if it means they will fail some years down the road. Although, I guess they could be styled in the CSS as well: i {font-style: italic} I also don't quite get the usage of blockquote. What is the advantage of blockquote over a div? Other than getting "default" blockquote styling. Wouldn't it be just as easy to style a div for what is required? I'm sure I am overlooking the obvious here. Last edited by GrannyGrump; 06-10-2013 at 12:54 AM.