14026 2011-09-04 12:19:43 +0000 Wow, very complex element LOL. Am I to udnerstand that I can use this to mark up things like dingbat fonts, and cesored "words" like $%#! ? 2011-09-08 09:15:31 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified Other other RESOLVED NEEDSINFO http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-u-element P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian evertvandansen ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 56283 0 contributor 2011-09-04 12:19:43 +0000 Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-u-element Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-u-element Comment: Wow, very complex element LOL. Am I to udnerstand that I can use this to mark up things like dingbat fonts, and cesored "words" like $%#! ? Posted from: 85.98.228.115 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1 56301 1 ian 2011-09-04 20:39:23 +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: Did Not Understand Request Change Description: no spec change Rationale: I don't understand. Could you elaborate? 56515 2 evertvandansen 2011-09-08 09:15:31 +0000 Ok, I'll try. As I read the spec it seems to indicate that U is to be used for characters (textual or iconic) that sound different than they look (not sure how to put it differently). Like a misspelled word is visually different from its actual representation (or sound). But also because it says in the spec "non-textual" which seems to indicate (to me) things like: - I <heart> NY (I dont't know how to insert an actual heart-icon, but you get the idea?) - B4 (before) - f*** off! Things like that? If so, examples like these would greatly clarify this element.