Should css class names like 'floatleft' that directly describe the attached style be avoided?

Question

Lots of websites use class names like floatleft, clearfloat, alignright, small, center etc that describe the

Answer 1

You are saying something like this:

.red
{
    color:red;
}

so in order to use this class:

hello

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION

ul li
{
    color:red;
}

Usage:

    
Hello

By this you can actually remove the presentation information from the content.