That is, more or less, the reason why W3C recommends
using <em>
rather than <i>. Ideally the ''double
apostrophe'' in wiki-syntax will
insert <em> (now it inserts <i>)
I absolutely agree with your point. I wasn't aware that wiki-syntax
inserts in fact <i> tags (and also <b> tags, which bring up the same
problems). That needs to be changed. We need clean, semantic markup in
order to adjust the styling to any given circumstances, as you perfectly
described.
Speaking of semantic markup, what do you guys think about replacing the
standard 'bold' and 'italic' buttons in the visual editor with a simple
'emphasis' button? In my opinion, that would help a lot with these kinds
of problems. In my opinion, we should make authors think less about
presentation (that's our job) and more about content.
best, max.
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