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It's a twist, but if we say that an iPod cannot emphasize text, then we can instruct the system to ignore <em> tags. Because the semantics of <em> are clearly d
by madair 17y ago
It's a twist, but if we say that an iPod cannot emphasize text, then we can instruct the system to ignore <em> tags. Because the semantics of <em> are clearly defined, a judgment call is available to us to feel confident that we can ignore the tag completely under the circumstances. So we utilize the tag itself still by instructing the system to swallow it.
- wglb 17y agoSee, this is what I find a bit unclear. The concept is that presentation is distinct from content. But if we say that the semantics of the em tag are to effect the presentation, they seem to be not be separated anymore, right?
- madair 17y agoAt a certain point the semantics of the content get translated into an output format. In a browser it's italic. In an iPod it's ignored. The semantic tags are the means, but output presentation is still the end, and there's certainly no reason to expect that all devices can take the original semantic markup and use CSS or some other mechanism to present it. And because of the semantic meaning we can make the em disappear with confidence.