Timeline for Why would one bother marking up properly and semantically?
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| S Apr 3, 2015 at 16:50 | history | suggested | Sildoreth | CC BY-SA 3.0 | fixed grammar |
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| Nov 26, 2013 at 1:52 | comment | added | Erik Reppen | It also keeps html minimal which can matter to performance if you make a serious mess or matter a lot in a mobile webview if you make even a modest mess, but the real secret-sauce reason is that it's easier when you have the know-how to avoid pointless markup. Pinpointing styling issues is easier, applying styles globally is easier, and modifying structure is easier when you don't have all this extra crap floating around for no obvious reason. I'm not into Kool Aid reasons for doing stuff. I do stuff that makes the work easier and the code more robust. Semantic HTML helps in all situations. | |
| Sep 18, 2012 at 1:57 | comment | added | Zelda | @QmunkE true, a lot of people neglect that mobile browsers often turn bits of HTML into native elements like textviews | |
| S Sep 17, 2012 at 18:49 | history | suggested | Madara's Ghost | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Let's be semantic |
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| Sep 17, 2012 at 9:46 | comment | added | Chris Cooper | On the "free functionality" side, on mobile browsers you also allow for the device to display native widgets designed for mobile input (e.g. on <date> elements) | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 2:20 | comment | added | Kenneth | Great answer. I would also add that maintaining code where "unnecessary" effort is put into it in the beginning to make it follow best practices such as this makes the code easier to maintain down the road (even if its the original designer/programmer who's maintaining it). | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 22:41 | history | edited | Zelda | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 196 characters in body |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 21:54 | comment | added | Jörg W Mittag | And of course, GoogleBot is basically a blind illiterate three year old with attention deficit disorder. | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 21:50 | comment | added | Jörg W Mittag | "If you want semantic HTML to be a priority on your project, you need to present the case for it." – Or work for a blind person! (Note: I am not suggesting throwing acid in your boss's face! But maybe make him wear a blindfold and use a speech browser for a while.) | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 19:52 | history | edited | ChrisF | CC BY-SA 3.0 | spelling |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 19:34 | vote | accept | Madara's Ghost | ||
| Sep 15, 2012 at 18:14 | history | edited | Zelda | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 573 characters in body |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 17:46 | history | answered | Zelda | CC BY-SA 3.0 |