[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10465: The WYSIWYG editor buttons still don't do what they say they do

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#10465: The WYSIWYG editor buttons still don't do what they say they do
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 Reporter:  albins        |       Owner:            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  lowest        |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  General       |     Version:            
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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 I know this has already been reported and discussed (#3606), and it was
 claimed that nothing was done because consensus wasn't reached. However,
 this was three years ago, and I think it would be worth discussing the
 matter again.

 Since the <em> tag:
  1. Doesn't mean the contained text should be italicized, and
  2. has semantic meaning rather than visual,
 using <i> one thousand times too often (slightly ugly but not technically
 wrong) would be better than using <em> once too much (actually technically
 wrong). Also, there should be no rush to stop using <i>, since XHTML has
 been cancelled (this was, as I understood [http://groups.google.com/group
 /wp-hackers/browse_thread/thread/c30543a5210b413e/e899bcd8e5ea44d6 the
 thread on the wp-hackers list], the main reason for using <em> rather than
 just going with <i>).

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