blink (HTML element)
| Depr. | Empty | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | N/A |
| IE8 | FF1+ | SA4 | OP9.2+ | CH2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Full | None | Full | None |
Syntax
Description
The blink
element is not part of any standard and was originally introduced by early
versions of the Netscape browser. Its sole purpose is to blink text on and
off, and its sole result is the general annoyance to all who come across
it. To say it’s disliked is an understatement. Use this only if your
intention is to have invalid web pages and if you want your audience to
think that they’ve gone back in time, somewhere around the early 90s.
Example
The blink element in a typical ‘hey look at me’ use:
<p>Hey! Check out our <blink>special offers</blink> on dancing hamsters images!!</p>
Use this for…
Text content of any kind (especially the kind that you don’t want people to read!).
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| None | None | None | None | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | None | None | None | None | Full | Full | Full | None |
Not uniformly supported (it is not defined by any standard and should not really expect any). In fact, rather a shame that most recent versions of Firefox and Opera are still giving it the oxygen to live on.
User-contributed notes
- ID:
- #1
- Date:
- Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:20:29 GMT
Can a non-standard element like this be deprecated? It was never part of a standard in the first place.
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