[thelist] replace <b> with <strong> (why dont use b tag)]

[rudy]

> It is very rare to just want something in bold for no reason at all

for no reason at all?  yup, exceedingly rare

;o)

here's a good case for <b> instead of <strong> --

you know how jakob et al use bold to highlight certain key phrases so that
it's easier to scan ahead and spot the paragraph that deals with the
subject matter you're looking for?  (what's that called, by the way? i'd
love to have a more acceptable term than "scan ahead")

bold is a VISUAL SCANNING CUE in this context, and it would NOT MAKE SENSE
to have aural browsers EMPHASIZE those words while actually READING THE
COPY

make sense?

i know aardvark is going to argue with this, because he argues with me on
everything where i think i've figured out what a certain tag is for...

i'm not aware of any similar "forward scanning aural cue" mechanism, but if
there is, i'd probably just add it as a style property for B

rudy