Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf
em and strong don't matter. They are no different when looking at the screen at i and b.
|
Jon - I wonder if you read anyone else’s posts…lol
This has been argued multiple times and you’ve been proven incorrect.
- i/b are
visual markups
- em/strong are
semantic markups
- MOST devices/apps
default to italics/bold for em/strong
- accessibility devices/apps can differentiate between semantics and visual markup and thus emphasize a spoken word differently than an italicized (visual only) word
- your css can be adjusted to display emphasize <em>, or strong, words differently than just italics/bold (color, underline, letter spacing, to name a few)
Just because you choose to leave them as default doesn’t mean everyone has to. Please give it a rest.