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Haha, the note about removing <blink> tag is enclosed in <blink></blink>.

by dchest 13y ago

conradfr 13y ago
Which apparently does not work in IE10 & Chrome either. I guess you can still implement it easily in JS though.
gholap 13y ago
Nice find! I wonder what prompted to look at the code there...
- lambda_cube 13y ago
  If you view the page with Firefox version <= 22, that paragraph is blinking, very easy to notice :-) (annoyingly easy!)
  - dchest 13y ago
    Indeed, that's how I noticed it.
LandoCalrissian 13y ago
It's now gone from every browser I think, that was a funny legacy feature I wish they would have left in just for fun.
runn1ng 13y ago
Geocities are gone. <blink> is gone. Pretty soon, <marquee> will be gone too. At least animated gifs are still stronger than ever.
oinksoft 13y ago
Is there any good reason for removing the distinctive behavior of an element that so many older websites use, even if it is considered a design faux pas? History should not be destroyed.
- Zelphyr 13y ago
  I agree that history should not be destroyed and in sites that have old pages with the blink tag it won't be. But I think its fine for the browser makers to remove old cruft. Especially in this case where the behavior can easily be replicated in Javascript.
  - bingaling 13y ago
    or css (shamelessly stolen from http://www.jwz.org/jwz.css http://www.jwz.org/jwz.css): @keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-webkit-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-moz-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-ms-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-o-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} blink { text-decoration: inherit; animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -webkit-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -moz-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -ms-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -o-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; }
- mhurron 13y ago
  Non-standard element. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_element http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_element

Haha, the note about removing <blink> tag is enclosed in <blink></blink>.

by dchest 13y ago

Haha, the note about removing <blink> tag is enclosed in <blink></blink>.

conradfr 13y ago

Which apparently does not work in IE10 & Chrome either. I guess you can still implement it easily in JS though.

gholap 13y ago

Nice find! I wonder what prompted to look at the code there...

lambda_cube 13y ago
If you view the page with Firefox version <= 22, that paragraph is blinking, very easy to notice :-) (annoyingly easy!)
- dchest 13y ago
  Indeed, that's how I noticed it.

LandoCalrissian 13y ago

It's now gone from every browser I think, that was a funny legacy feature I wish they would have left in just for fun.

runn1ng 13y ago

Geocities are gone. <blink> is gone. Pretty soon, <marquee> will be gone too. At least animated gifs are still stronger than ever.

oinksoft 13y ago

Is there any good reason for removing the distinctive behavior of an element that so many older websites use, even if it is considered a design faux pas? History should not be destroyed.

Zelphyr 13y ago
I agree that history should not be destroyed and in sites that have old pages with the blink tag it won't be. But I think its fine for the browser makers to remove old cruft. Especially in this case where the behavior can easily be replicated in Javascript.
- bingaling 13y ago
  or css (shamelessly stolen from http://www.jwz.org/jwz.css http://www.jwz.org/jwz.css): @keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-webkit-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-moz-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-ms-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} @-o-keyframes blink { 0% { opacity:1; } 75% { opacity:1; } 76% { opacity:0; } 100% { opacity:0; }} blink { text-decoration: inherit; animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -webkit-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -moz-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -ms-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; -o-animation: blink 0.75s ease-in infinite alternate; }
mhurron 13y ago
Non-standard element. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_element http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_element