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Bug 10675 - B implies BOLD, which is styling. Styling should be done with CSS, not with HTML markup
Summary: B implies BOLD, which is styling. Styling should be done with CSS, not with H...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
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Reported: 2010-09-22 15:07 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:31 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-09-22 15:07:37 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-b-element

Comment:
B implies BOLD, which is styling. Styling should be done with CSS, not with
HTML markup

Posted from: 95.97.99.154
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-09-29 06:13:32 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: The b element represents a span of text to be stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying any extra importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation is boldened. It's not just presentational, and it is media-independent, which is what matters.