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Italic and bold markup should output italic and bold text, not emphasized and strongly emphasized text (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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Currently, "bold" and "italic" markup doesn't actually output bold and italic text (semantically); instead, it outputs strongly emphasized (<strong>) and emphasized (<em>) text. This is completely wrong and semantic markup abuse, since we can't guarantee that bold text will only be used for strong importance or that italic text will only be used for emphasis. HTML output for this markup should be changed to general-purpose elements (i.e. *%text%* (_%text%_) should be <i>%text%</i>, not <em>%text%</em>, and **%text%** (__%text%__) should be <b>%text%</b>, not <strong>%text%</strong>).

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[โ€“] Venat0r@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the standards are just a bunch of people's opinions, if this post suggests something contrary to the standards, that just means it's a discussion about the standards themselves. it is valid to point out the standards, but to consider them gospel is foolish.

[โ€“] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

No. They are tested standards, and were created based on extensive data and research.