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We call them semantic because they have extra technical meaning in HTML (built in WAI-ARIA roles for example). For example, browsers expose them as landmarks fo
by flooq 9y ago
We call them semantic because they have extra technical meaning in HTML (built in WAI-ARIA roles for example). For example, browsers expose them as landmarks for screen readers.
That said there are a lot of similar examples of magical beliefs that are unfounded. Extra <div> tags rarely matter and "semantic" CSS values don't do anything.
- 52-6F-62 9y agoThey've also been industry standard in publishing for much longer.