Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by nvr219 » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 2:03 AM UTC

Blink tag removed from Firefox
mozilla.org

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by drewying » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:06 AM UTC

Fare well old friend. My high school memories of webrings would not be the same without you.

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by chiph » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:22 AM UTC

What's neocities.org going to use now?

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:27 AM UTC

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Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by darrelld » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:37 AM UTC

I wonder what abused tags today we will have a moment of silence for 10 years from now?

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by Natsu » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:40 AM UTC

This one might be a bit more important....

"Enable JavaScript" preference checkbox has been removed and user-set values will be reset to the default

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by krapp » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:40 AM UTC

darrelld wrote: post #5

I wonder what abused tags today we will have a moment of silence for 10 years from now?

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Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by thejosh » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:41 AM UTC

krapp wrote: post #7

darrelld wrote: post #5

I wonder what abused tags today we will have a moment of silence for 10 years from now?

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How else would you display data?

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by jdjb » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:44 AM UTC

chiph wrote: post #3

What's neocities.org going to use now?

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Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by krapp » Wed, Aug 07, 2013, 3:45 AM UTC

thejosh wrote: post #8

krapp wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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How else would you display data?

You're right, everything else I can think of is worse for data, tables are pretty good for that (minus the weird vertical centering thing that sometimes happens in cells.)

But seeing tables being used for layout annoys me far more than the blink tag.