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This was deprecated in 1997 D:

This is a very big issue, you need to fire your code writing pigeons!  ;)  

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Where are you seeing B tags? The bolding option here uses STRONG.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What does it matter, as long as it still works?  o_O

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

What does it matter, as long as it still works?  o_O
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Heathen! I suppose we should still use the <font> tag, eh? :typo:  

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

<anal retentive> Some folks just want everything just so, ya know.<obsessive compulsive disorder>

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Heathen! I suppose we should still use the tag, eh?
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I do sometimes!  Although I will say that a CSS style sheet is better in the long run.   |-)  

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

<anal retentive> Some folks just want everything just so, ya know.<obsessive compulsive disorder>

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Those tags lack closing tags. If they're not meant to have closign tags, they should be self closing.

Also, who knows when Firefox, Chrome, or IE decide to just drop the <b> tag? God only knows what kind of weird crap will happen if <b> is still on the page. 99% of the time it just wouldn't show up, but sometimes bad browsers like IE will decide that you meant to put </div> instead of </b> or something retarded like that.

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting PoSmedley, reply 5
<anal retentive> Some folks just want everything just so, ya know.<obsessive compulsive disorder>
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that's a horrible attempt at insulting someone.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

that's a horrible attempt at insulting someone.
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No. Apparently it's a horrible attempt at humor.

I save the insults until I get to know somebody. ;)

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Those tags lack closing tags. If they're not meant to have closign tags, they should be self closing.
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Anything anally related should be self closing... ;p

Reply #11 from Demigod Forums Top

I am a bit anal. I get pissed if people do <br> instead of <br /> :D

(It isn't 100% required to do <br />, but it followest strict XHTML standards)

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No. Apparently it's a horrible attempt at humor.

I save the insults until I get to know somebody.
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That he does...;)

BTW...your mother wears army boots and your father smells of elderberry....;p

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

BTW...your mother wears army boots and your father smells of elderberry...
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That was very shonky, ya pommy dag!

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Bring back <blink> and <marquee> :)  They were ultra annoying !

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Ausvet, reply 14
Bring back <blink> and <marquee>
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QFT! This.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That was very shonky, ya pommy dag!
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Ya almost crossed the line there....but at least you didn't call me a Kiwi ....;)

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ya almost crossed the line there
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I thought I played it pretty safe. It's tricky when you dabble with another cultures slang. ;)

Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top

I agree. < b> tags are bad.  Very bad.  But unfortunately fixing it is a very low-priority task.  I'll see what I can do though.

Bara

Reply #19 from Demigod Forums Top

I agree. < b> tags are bad.  Very bad.  But unfortunately fixing it is a very low-priority task.  I'll see what I can do though.

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Sweet, thanks for indulging me.

Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top

its just a tag jez why make web programing harder class is hard enuf

Reply #21 from Demigod Forums Top

Until PHP and Javascript, Web Design and Development is laughably easy.

You can learn all of HTML in three days. You can learn all of CSS in two days. 
For graphics, Photoshop/GIMP takes a year to fully learn the UI. 

PHP is really neat when you can make it do what you want, but as a first language, it's hard to learn

Javascript is bizzare gibberish

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Fuzzy, reply 10

Those tags lack closing tags. If they're not meant to have closign tags, they should be self closing.


Anything anally related should be self closing...
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That is funny right there, I don't care who you are!!!

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting skidiantasa, reply 20
its just a tag jez why make web programing harder class is hard enuf
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Web standards are there for a reason ;)

Quoting Splitshadow, reply 21
Until PHP and Javascript, Web Design and Development is laughably easy.

You can learn all of HTML in three days. You can learn all of CSS in two days. 
For graphics, Photoshop/GIMP takes a year to fully learn the UI. 

PHP is really neat when you can make it do what you want, but as a first language, it's hard to learn

Javascript is bizzare gibberish
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Javascript isn't fun until you use a javascript library like jQuery.  Then it feels like you have the world open to you.

Bara

Reply #25 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting joshsalverda, reply 24
Just joined to say that the "b" tag isn't actually deprecated. It can still be used and validates. Its use is "discouraged" and you should instead be using the "strong" tag or CSS... but yeah... not deprecated.

Link to W3C page with more info: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/graphics.html#h-15.2
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It might not be deprecated, but its meaning will change come HTML5: http://stellify.net/html5-b-and-i-tags-are-going-to-be-useful-read-semantic-again/

Bara