The way I read the documentation (which could be incorrectly), there is no reason for them to be deprecated as they (<i>, <b>, <em>, <strong>, etc.) all serve their own semantic purpose. Side note: thank you for bringing up this question, as I don't think I would have read the documentation on these elements otherwise!
If we weren't worried about accessibility (how screen readers convey our pages to users, for example) then, arguably, we could wrap everything in <span>'s and <div>'s, because the only reason for any type of enclosures would be stylistic. I know there is a huge, and possibly correct, SEO argument against this, but more and more I'm feeling like properly structured content doesn't play as large a role in SEO as it once did (and for good reason, in my opinion). I try to put out semantic markup because I believe it helps those that don't view content the way I do, "view" the content. From that perspective, I see those elements as being useful. Just my two cents. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Ezequiel Garzón <[email protected]>wrote: > Greetings to all, > > I know this is highly subjective question, but am curious as to what > people think about this issue. Allow me to put forth a few questions, > and you can pick all of any of them. When the WHATWG describes the I > element as "a span of text in an alternate voice or mood", and the B > element as "a span of text to which attention is being drawn for > utilitarian purposes", I'm puzzled... wouldn't this be the role of a > special class for the SPAN element? I'm actually glad I and B are > "survivors", but seeing that U and S have been deprecated, it doesn't > seem very consistent to keep these two one-letter elements around. > And, going back to my main question, do you believe these two elements > will be deprecated soon? > > Thank you in advance for any thoughts you may have on the matter. > > Best regards, > > Ezequiel > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [[email protected]] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- Chris Rockwell ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
