Couldn't we just make a filter rule that makes empty strong and ems go away - like the one with breaks (although Im in favor of taking that rule out)? Wouldn't that be a good idea for the 2.1 update?
For example just remove </em> and </strong> if there is no <em> and <strong> before them.
Now if you write "hey <strong>fatty</strong> hang <strong>
loose</strong> cause everything's ok" in the wysiwyg and save - everything look right:
"hey fatty hang
loose cause everything's ok"
But the - if you editing the post - marking "fatty" it will let the <strong> be left.
Result:
"hey hang loose cause everything's ok"
instead of
"hey hang loose cause everything's ok"
If you have a large page - it can make the whole page look very odd - eith a whole page formatted in italic or strong .