Firefox 23 available [LWN.net]

Firefox 23 available

Posted Aug 8, 2013 7:42 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)
Parent article: Firefox 23 available

Given that a snippet of JavaScript required to implement a <blink> tag (or a .blinking class) is not exactly long OR complicated, this removal is unlikely to affect anybody.

Firefox 23 available

Posted Aug 8, 2013 16:13 UTC (Thu) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link] (2 responses)

Given that "blink" is still a valid text decoration style in CSS2.1, it's even easier. You just need to replace the <blink> tag with a <span class="blink"> tag and an appropriate definition in your CSS file, and you're good to go.

Firefox 23 available

Posted Aug 8, 2013 18:42 UTC (Thu) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link]

Good to go to the gallows.

Firefox 23 available

Posted Aug 8, 2013 19:14 UTC (Thu) by gioele (subscriber, #61675) [Link]

> Given that "blink" is still a valid text decoration style in CSS2.1, it's even easier.

Not really. The release note says:

> Dropped blink effect from text-decoration: blink; and completely removed <blink> element