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Really? Look at the documentation page. The first thing you see is a huge chunk of text with absolutely no highlighting to guide you. Most people would just skim their eyes over that, and my attention gets drawn to the list of MIME types because it looks different.

Compare these two screenshots: http://i.imgur.com/Kzdphar.png http://i.imgur.com/CQnU8aG.png

A simple bold tag immediately draws focus and ensures that the huge majority of people who view the page get the important message. That's not being hard to please, it's just common sense.



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