When is the best time to use <b> and <i> instead of <strong> and, if ever?

Question

Semantically, is there a suitable place on today's websites (end of 2008) where using bold <b>and italic tags is <i>more useful than more commonly used <strong>and tags <em>?

Answer 1

Never. They are removed in XHTML 2.0 because they are presentation tags. CSS should be used for bold / italics.

edit: If you are looking for a purely presentation tag, this is what the tag is SPANfor the class and a little CSS.

Answer 2

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 8

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Answer 13

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-Adam