pageoneresults - 3:40 pm on Mar 8, 2007 (gmt 0)

<em> and <strong> instead of <i> and <b>?

Only where appropriate. I've seen more misuse of <em> and <strong> than other elements. For example, WYSIWYG editors these days come out of the box wrapping <i> with <em> and <b> with <strong>. The users are real quick to highlight text and click that B button to give it visual style. They don't realize that they are creating a semantic nightmare in their code. ;)

P.S. I still use <i> and <b>. Its an old habit that is hard to break. Since they have no semantic meaning I figure what the heck, its still valid markup and it provides me with a quick way to visually style the text. I'll use <em> and <strong> only when I need semantic meaning.