10675 2010-09-22 15:07:37 +0000 B implies BOLD, which is styling. Styling should be done with CSS, not with HTML markup 2010-10-04 14:31:34 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other RESOLVED WONTFIX http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-b-element P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 39169 0 contributor 2010-09-22 15:07:37 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-b-element Comment: B implies BOLD, which is styling. Styling should be done with CSS, not with HTML markup Posted from: 95.97.99.154 39866 1 ian 2010-09-29 06:13:32 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: The b element represents a span of text to be stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying any extra importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation is boldened. It's not just presentational, and it is media-independent, which is what matters.