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Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by Kequc »

Natsu wrote: post #6

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

The people that disable javascript either do it by accident and then stop using the browser or are nerdy enough to figure out how to turn off javascript in the configs. Javascript will also be configurable using plugins.

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

#15

Post by Natsu »

Kequc wrote: post #11
Natsu wrote: post #6

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

The people that disable javascript either do it by accident and then stop using the browser or are nerdy enough to figure out how to turn off javascript in the configs. Javascript will also be configurable using plugins.

Yeah, they're trying to remove the settings that people set to goof up their browsers from the look of this. There's this one, too:

"Load images automatically" and Always show the tab bar" checkboxes removed from preferences and reset to defaults

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

#16

Post by plorkyeran »

Natsu wrote: post #6

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

NoScript continues to work fine and is much more functional than globally turning off JS. Anyone who intentionally turned off JS via the Firefox options will probably benefit from being forced to use NoScript instead anyway.

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

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Post by chucklarge »

thejosh wrote: post #8
krapp wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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How else would you display data?

I'm using SlickGrid[1] in an internal tool. It uses divs and spans to display data, so there are certainly nice examples that do so.

1. https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

#18

Post by jallmann »

krapp wrote: post #10
thejosh wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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

How come? CSS positioning is pretty unintuitive, and sometimes it's just easier to get something working with tables. If the end results look fine, what's the problem? Table-based layouts aren't in-your-face like the blink tag was.

Oh, and don't view-source on HN ;)

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

#19

Post by statictype »

nnash wrote: post #14
krapp wrote: post #7

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wasn't actually abused; it just happened to be the best way to do things until CSS 2.1 was rolled out.

There are still use-cases where using is the cleanest way to achieve something without resorting to javascript (or a soup tag).

Re: Blink tag removed from Firefox

#20

Post by testhacker »

jallmann wrote: post #18
krapp wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> But seeing tables being used for layout annoys me far more than the blink tag. How come? CSS positioning is pretty unintuitive, and sometimes it's just easier to get something working with tables. If the end results look fine, what's the problem? Table-based layouts aren't in-your-face like the blink tag was. Oh, and don't view-source on HN ;)

(views source)

as a user, I feel vindicated :P

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