Re: I want to make one word Bold

by Kukla-Fran And-Ollie <weblists2001(at)yahoo.com>

 Date:  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 23:24:23 -0700 (PDT)
 To:  Mike Taylor <lonewolf(at)one.net>,
hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
 In-Reply-To:  oemcomputer
  todo: View Thread, Original
... Adding some sand into the gears, if you plan to do any work on a government
contract, and/or on a site doing business with the government, then you must meet
Section 508 accessibility requirements.

This *might* entail using B I STRONG and EM as intended in the HTML specs.


--- Mike Taylor <lonewolf(at)one.net> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Schonefeld" <peter.schonefeld(at)bigpond.com>
> 
> > So, in light of the above, adding a CSS class or style attribute to
> mark-up
> > the bold, red text would be most appropriate, unless as Bart, Tim and
> others
> > have pointed out, you are really emphasising words in context - then EM or
> > STRONG with appropriate styling would be the go.
> 
> Yes, but let's be honest...the two top browsers don't display the page any
> differently whether you use one or the other.    I'm well aware of what the
> "correct" way of doing it is, but I don't agree with it.  There are still a
> good chunk of users out there surfing the net with IE 3 and Netscape 3, and
> we all know what those versions do with CSS.
> 
> >
> > Having said that, i still use B most of the time for the simple reason
> that
> > it is quick and light-weight.
> 
> Bingo.
> 
> Mike
> 


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