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Re: Semantically pointless?

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From: Pete Fairhurst
Date: Mar 13, 2006 10:40AM

On 13/03/06, Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> <b> serves no purpose, other than visual. If your goal is to indicate
> "semantic" importance, you should use <strong>, which is read with a
> stronger emphasis by screen readers.
>

In that case, would I be correct in assuming that simply replacing the <b>
elements surrounding either image would produce the desired result within a
screen reader?

- Pete F.
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