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Old Oct 22nd, 2007, 9:10 AM   #25
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Re: Why is CSS such a mess?

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Originally Posted by titaniumdecoy View Post
That's exactly it. Is it up to the author or the editor to determine whether text in <strong> tags should be bold or something else entirely? You can argue both sides; in the end it comes down to your definition of content.
According to the W3C, 'em' indicates emphasis while 'strong' indicates stronger emphasis. "The presentation of phrase elements depends on the user agent." It does go on to say that "Generally, visual user agents present EM text in italics and STRONG text in bold font." However, the W3C says exactly what I say - that <em> and <strong> tags signify emphasis, but it's up to a CSS file to define how that emphasis is visually displayed.

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Originally Posted by lectricpharaoh View Post
Semi-OT: Why do people in this thread seem to confuse 'deprecated' and 'depreciated'? It's a minor nit, and had I just seen it once, I'd have ignored it, but it's starting to grate on me in much the same manner as I was annoyed by a teacher a few semesters back who kept saying 'ek cetera' instead of 'et cetera'.
Guilty. Will be careful from now on.
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