I generally like to think that icon use should be handled as part of the CSS, as...

axefrog on Sept 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Web Designers should all be using this idea by now...

I generally like to think that icon use should be handled as part of the CSS, as it's a design element and not part of the document semantics. Putting it in the markup means that if the design is updated, the markup is still stuck with the old icon, which means it's more work to update the site.

icebraining on Sept 29, 2011 [–]

It uses CSS pseudo elements, it's not in the markup.