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Re: <strong> vs <em>

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Feb 13, 2007 1:40AM

On 12/02/07, Rebecca Ballard < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I can't speak about HomePage Reader, but by default, the jaws settings for
> Internet Explorer (and probably Firefox as well as other HTML documents) is
> to not pick up changes in font etc. It would really get in the way I have to
> say. Screen reader users are going to get emphasis from the words
> themselves. My advice would be, don't get hung up about it for screen reader
> users.

Interesting. That runs counter to most advice I've ever read on the
whole <em>/<i>, <strong>/<b> issue.

I don't just bluntly replace all instances of <i> with <em>, as
emphasis isn't always what italicisation is trying to achieve. For
instance I use the <cite> element to mark up names of publications or
quoted authors/speakers, and this has wider semantic benefits.

"Use strong and em" is such a mantra, though. It was WCAG 1, if I
recall correctly, that made the recommendation. It wouldn't be the
first time that the w3c and the real world were, let's say, not
entirely close :p

Tim