Re: question about bold tag

Just a reminder. To be bang up todate and XHTML compatible, use the
lowercase i, b, strong and em instead of the uppercase!

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Allred" <webmaster(at)mscounties.com>
To: <hwg-style(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: question about bold tag


> Frannie,
>
> I'm not sure if you got the answer you were seeking, but your question
> deserves a little more discussion.
>
> The BOLD tag is not deprecated, so if you want to use it, it won't
> "break" at a later point. However, <B> and <I> are considered
> "presentational" elements. As such, they will render for visual
> browsers, but provide no assistance to users with non-visual browsers.
>
> The WAI, at http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#text-emphasis ,
> recommends the use of <STRONG> and <EM>, instead, since they are
> "structural" elements. This means that they are interpreted as having a
> purpose. For instance, if a blind user is browsing a page using a text
> to speech application, <B> or <I> will be passed over. The user will
> never know the text was bolded or italicized. But if you use <STRONG> or
> <EM>, the agent will interpret the emphasis and change either the volume
> or inflection of the speech to indicate that the formatted text has
> emphasis applied.
>
> Once again, this is your choice, but if you are concerned with
> accessibility (which also includes intelligibility), then you might want
> to change <B>s to <STRONG>s and <I>s to <EM>s.
>
> HTH,
> --John Allred
>
> "Hannigan, Frannie" wrote:
> >
> > Hello, HWG-style members:
> >
> > I'm adding the first external stylesheet to my company's Web site. Phase
One
> > has been to replace all FONT tags with appropriate rules/styles. As I've
> > been stripping FONT tags from the site, I'm wondering about the best
> > strategy for dealing with the B tag for bolding text elements. There are
> > hundreds of them on the site, with some STRONG tags thrown in.
> >
> > Should I create a style for all of these B or STRONG tags such as SPAN
> > CLASS="strong" or should I leave them alone?
> >
> > Thanks for all your help.
> >
> > Fran Hannigan
> > daly.commerce
> > Tel:  401.752.4935
> > Fax:  401.351.0132
> > www.dalycommerce.net <www.dalycommerce.net>
>
> --
> John Allred / Jackson, Mississippi
>
> Accessibility Resources:
> HWG's AWARE site - http://aware.hwg.org/
> W3C's WAI site - http://www.w3.org/WAI/
> Campaign for a Non-Browser-Specific WWW -
> http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/

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