On May 10, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Micky Hulse wrote: > [OT] > > Thanks for the informative reply Tedd. > > I respect your opinion and I don't think my approach is more right > than yours. I am wondering if this is just a DTD thing. I always use > an HTML 4.01 strict DTD and have not used an XHTML doctype in ages. > > As far as I can tell, the specs in XHTML say "not recommended", but I > can't find similar text in HTML 4.01 specs. > > <b>Jenkins</b> vs. <span class="baz">Jenkins</span> > > ... to me, the latter seems to be overkill. > > <b class="baz">Jenkins</b> > > I can't of many times I have done the above... If I need to hook into > the <b> or <i> I might just do this (for example): > > <div id="wrapper">Bob <b>Jenkins</b></div> > > #wrapper b { do whatever here } > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:41 AM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> As for me, I choose to never use <b> and <i> for anything PERIOD and to >> speak out against their use whenever I can. As for <table> in presentation, >> judgment, the <b> and <i> tags present more problems than they solve so I >> will continue to not use those tags and speak against them. > > Looking at your site: > > http://sperling.com/ > > Viewing the source code on your homepage, I see <b> used 15 times in > the body copy. > > I am assuming that maybe you have no control over that portion of your > site due to the CMS you are using? > > Could you imagine using <strong> in all those instances where you used > <b>? Don't you think that would be overkill? > > Sorry to everyone for taking this so OT for the PHP list. > > [/OT] > > Micky Unless he is specifically saying to use .php extensions for url's I doubt it's a CMS. Regards, -Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | Josh.kehn@xxxxxxxxx http://joshuakehn.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php