Ruby on Rails

Bill Walton wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Greg Donald <gdonald@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
>> <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>>> I didn't say it was invalid HTML. �I said it was *bad practice*.
>>
>> Yeah, that's why it's in the spec, 'cause no one should use it.
>>
>> /rolls eyes
>
> +1. If only marnen were in charge.... ;-)

The HTML 5 spec itself says <b> is only to be used as a last resort if
no other element is more appropriate. IMHO, that's never the case: even
if nothing more specific can be found, <span> is more appropriate than
<b>.

I assume <b> is in the spec for backward compatibility with legacy
markup.

One more time: I didn't say <b> is invalid. I didn't say <b> should be
removed from the spec. I didn't say I wanted to be in charge of the
HTML 5 spec. I said <b> is bad practice and should be avoided. I stand
by that statement.

Best,
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Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
marnen@marnen.org
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