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Bug 23064 - Are you able to provide any more examples of what and why something should be marked as important using <strong> as opposed to <b>. It is clear what <em>, <mark>, <i> etc. should be used for, but I am [...]
Summary: Are you able to provide any more examples of what and why something should be...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2013-08-26 07:36 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-12-03 01:21 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2013-08-26 07:36:23 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-b-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-b-element
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Comment:
Are you able to provide any more examples of what and why something should be
marked as important using <strong> as opposed to <b>. It is clear what <em>,
<mark>, <i> etc. should be used for, but I am still a little hazy on when to
use <b> versus <strong> mike@codeavengers.com

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-10-31 22:15:56 UTC 
We can always add more examples.

What are some cases where you're not sure which to use? I can add examples specifically for those, with explanations based on the ways the elements are defined to justify it.

Maybe I can add a "Strong or b?" section after the usage summary, much like we have an "Article or section?" section.
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-11-01 23:05:14 UTC 
Submitter provided requested information by e-mail.