Re: HTML version?

Posted by GregChapman on Jul 19, 2012; 12:49pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/HTML-version-tp7580746p7580749.html

My "embarrass" comment was half in jest. I've had an off-forum discussion recently with another Premium Support user that would indicate I'm more of a validation zealot than most!

I'm not fully sure I understand your comment. The "b" and "i" tags are in the current draft of HTML5:
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-b-element.html#the-b-element
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-i-element.html#the-i-element
but as you see, in a many cases other tags may be more appropriate - and always were, even in HTML4.01.

As with all things in HTML, it's semantics that's more importance than appearance. One should use CSS to change appearance. The trouble is that many people work entirely visually and never consider semantics.  I can believe that Nabble would believe that suggesting alternative tags to users might just cause confusion to those only used to considering the visual impact.