allisonJan 11, 2023
wait did they really retcon <b> as the "bring attention to" element lol https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/b
<b>: The Bring Attention To element - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN

The <b> HTML element is used to draw the reader's attention to the element's contents, which are not otherwise granted special importance. This was formerly known as the Boldface element, and most browsers still draw the text in boldface. However, you should not use <b> for styling text or granting importance. If you wish to create boldface text, you should use the CSS font-weight property. If you wish to indicate an element is of special importance, you should use the <strong> element.

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Show threadsamir, a terminally deprecated methodJan 11, 2023
@aparrish Oh my goodness. <i> is now “idiomatic text”. This is… remarkable. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/i
<i>: The Idiomatic Text element - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN

The <i> HTML element represents a range of text that is set off from the normal text for some reason, such as idiomatic text, technical terms, taxonomical designations, among others. Historically, these have been presented using italicized type, which is the original source of the <i> naming of this element.

Show threadNick Morgan
@samir @aparrish what about the “brings limited interest notification kick” tag
Jan 11, 2023 at 10:42pmWeb
Show threadNick MorganJan 11, 2023
@samir @aparrish (this could use some workshopping)
Show threadsamir, a terminally deprecated methodJan 11, 2023

@skilldrick Mozilla could do some serious fundraising with this. I'd pay good money for `<s>` to be renamed from "Strikethrough" to "Samir is embarassed they ever wrote this, plz ignore".

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