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pageoneresults - 7:54 pm on Feb 9, 2006 (gmt 0)
9.3.5 Visual rendering of paragraphs [w3.org] By convention, visual HTML user agents wrap text lines to fit within the available margins. Wrapping algorithms depend on the script being formatted. Right from the authority. I don't think there is any room for misinterpretation. The W3C discourages the practice of using <br><br> for distinguishing successive paragraphs. I know, I know. Many of you are thinking, ****, I've got thousands of pages out there that use <br><br>. Great! You've got thousands of single paragraph pages sitting out there. Wouldn't you rather have thousands of pages with multiple paragraphs, list items, heading elements, etc. Something a little more meaningful while at the same time visual? If you make the change now, and it may take some time, at least applying a basic semantic structure to your pages will help them perform much better overall. I can almost guarantee it.
In closing... Style sheets provide rich control over the size and style of a font, the margins, space before and after a paragraph, the first line indent, justification and many other details. The user agent's default style sheet renders P elements in a familiar form, as illustrated above. One could, in principle, override this to render paragraphs without the breaks that conventionally distinguish successive paragraphs. In general, since this may confuse readers, we discourage this practice.