3 ms·

I thought you were joking until I clicked the link.

crazygringo 4y ago
Is it just Mozilla coming up with these un(?)-intentionally hilarious retcons? Or are these actually becoming official standard names? I'm truly enjoying the sheer absurdity of it all.
- Beltalowda 4y ago
 The standard doesn't mention "bold" and offers no reason why is . https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-b-element https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics....
 - rhdunn 4y ago
 From the HTML4 spec (https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present/graphics.html#h-15.2.1 https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present/graphics.html#h-15.2.1): > B: Renders as bold text style. The element (and other style-related elements) were deprecated due to CSS. For b and i the strong and em elements were created as semantic alternatives. Now the b and i elements have been given specific semantic usage and are now not deprecated.
 - bentley 4y ago
 and have never been deprecated, in any version of HTML or XHTML. ( was deprecated in HTML 4, though.)
- rhdunn 4y ago
 They are part of the changes to the WHATWG HTML specification, so it's not just Mozilla. MDN is just reflecting/documenting what is in the different standards. From https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-b-element https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.... (with _ added for the relevant section used by MDN): > The b element represents a span of text _to which attention is being drawn_ for utilitarian purposes without conveying any extra importance and with no implication of an alternate voice or mood, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a review, actionable words in interactive text-driven software, or an article lede. From https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-i-element https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.... (with _ added for the relevant section used by MDN): > The i element represents a span of text in an alternate voice or mood, or otherwise offset from the normal prose in a manner indicating a different quality of text, such as a taxonomic designation, a technical term, _an idiomatic phrase_ from another language, transliteration, a thought, or a ship name in Western texts.
- denton-scratch 4y ago
 It's not Mozilla; it's WHATWG, whove been trying to subvert standards and to social-engineer web developers since they started.
jimmux 4y ago
Just be thankful they didn't go with "bigly".
- perilunar 4y ago
 That's <big> Deprecated, but it will be back.

Is it just Mozilla coming up with these un(?)-intentionally hilarious retcons? Or are these actually becoming official standard names? I'm truly enjoying the sheer absurdity of it all.

Beltalowda 4y ago
The standard doesn't mention "bold" and offers no reason why is . https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-b-element https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics....
- rhdunn 4y ago
 From the HTML4 spec (https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present/graphics.html#h-15.2.1 https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present/graphics.html#h-15.2.1): > B: Renders as bold text style. The element (and other style-related elements) were deprecated due to CSS. For b and i the strong and em elements were created as semantic alternatives. Now the b and i elements have been given specific semantic usage and are now not deprecated.
 - bentley 4y ago
 and have never been deprecated, in any version of HTML or XHTML. ( was deprecated in HTML 4, though.)
rhdunn 4y ago
They are part of the changes to the WHATWG HTML specification, so it's not just Mozilla. MDN is just reflecting/documenting what is in the different standards. From https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-b-element https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.... (with _ added for the relevant section used by MDN): > The b element represents a span of text _to which attention is being drawn_ for utilitarian purposes without conveying any extra importance and with no implication of an alternate voice or mood, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a review, actionable words in interactive text-driven software, or an article lede. From https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-i-element https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.... (with _ added for the relevant section used by MDN): > The i element represents a span of text in an alternate voice or mood, or otherwise offset from the normal prose in a manner indicating a different quality of text, such as a taxonomic designation, a technical term, _an idiomatic phrase_ from another language, transliteration, a thought, or a ship name in Western texts.
denton-scratch 4y ago
It's not Mozilla; it's WHATWG, whove been trying to subvert standards and to social-engineer web developers since they started.

jimmux 4y ago

Just be thankful they didn't go with "bigly".

perilunar 4y ago
That's <big> Deprecated, but it will be back.