HN hug of death?
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Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#12Considering the marquee tag works in basically all browsers [1], has anyone here actually found a good, unironic use for it in today's world of crazy CSS animations? [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...
The correct use is alongside the “man with a spade”.jpg to let people know your page is under construction.
"Hey! Stickly Man! WHAAAAAAAAAAAT are you doing!"
Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#13Considering the marquee tag works in basically all browsers [1], has anyone here actually found a good, unironic use for it in today's world of crazy CSS animations? [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...
Plex does something very similar to marquee to display an actors name when it's too long to fit under their profile pic. Seems like a good use.
Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#14Considering the marquee tag works in basically all browsers [1], has anyone here actually found a good, unironic use for it in today's world of crazy CSS animations? [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...
I use a bunch of marquees to create an animated scene on my homepage[0]. Different speeds for a parallax effect and even some multi-axis marquees for rain effect.
[0]: https://bradlyfeeley.com/ (no idea which browsers it renders properly in)
Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#15I really need to repurpose 90s.dev asap. And not just to be another neocities. There's so much lost joy and wonder to recover.
“Username checks out” - Reddit
Sincerely, just do what you love with it, don’t market it.
Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#16Considering the marquee tag works in basically all browsers [1], has anyone here actually found a good, unironic use for it in today's world of crazy CSS animations? [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...
I use a bunch of marquees to create an animated scene on my homepage[0]. Different speeds for a parallax effect and even some multi-axis marquees for rain effect. [0]: https://bradlyfeeley.com/ (no idea which browsers it renders properly in)
Trees and clouds! (Pixel + Chrome)
Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#17Interestingly, the default doesn’t appear as smooth as a CSS animation would be?
Playing with the scroll speed makes it feel smoother:
scroll faster than defaultRe: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#18Interestingly, the default doesn’t appear as smooth as a CSS animation would be? Playing with the scroll speed makes it feel smoother: scroll faster than default
They weren’t smooth back then by default either.
Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#19Considering the marquee tag works in basically all browsers [1], has anyone here actually found a good, unironic use for it in today's world of crazy CSS animations? [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...
I use it to display RSS feeds on my personal website (https://maxbo.me) as a allusion to news tickers (which are themselves an allusion to ticker tape machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_tape)
Re: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)
#20Considering the marquee tag works in basically all browsers [1], has anyone here actually found a good, unironic use for it in today's world of crazy CSS animations? [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...
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