just spotted this; it made me chuckle

[mrjamin]

found this in the DreamweaverMX O'Reilly HTML reference - amused me for a minute or two!

[eyelikeart]

I just love postscripts & subliminal messages... :D

[Mr. Anderson]

I dare you....

nice find, that is so true though. Now that I think of it, I haven't seen blinking text in quite some time. You almost have to wonder why they haven't got rid of it....;)

D

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
I dare you....

nice find, that is so true though. Now that I think of it, I haven't seen blinking text in quite some time. You almost have to wonder why they haven't got rid of it....;)

D

IE doesn't support it. I have used it recently though: http://impactstudios.co.uk/musicians-add.php

I'm not sure whether <blink> works in Safari, i can't stand safari at the moment.

[Mr. Anderson]

Doesn't work on safari - the "ERROR" wasn't blinking.

that's good to know and probably the reason I haven't seen any blinking text ;)

D

[mrjamin]

still works in mozzy based browsers.

[crenz]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Doesn't work on safari - the "ERROR" wasn't blinking.

One more reason to Safari :D

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by crenz
One more reason to Safari :D

I can't stand safari any more! It does have some great features, but there are a few things that bug me beyond belief:

URL Autocomplete is completely illogical and generally just crap
JavaScript support is shoddy
Rendering is still a little temporamental
CSS Support needs to be improved
Tabbed Browsing is pretty crummy too, like the fact there's no "single window" mode - urls from other applications still open in new windows and not tabs!

I might be being picky here, and yes, saf does have some pretty cool features + lightening fast BUT my webbrowser is the app i use the most the thinsg stated above are enough to drive me crazy.

I'm sticking with Firebird (http://mozilla.org/projects/firebird) (formally phoenix) for the time being. Its way more customisable and reliable (safari seems to "unexpectedly quit" so much that its not unexpected anymore).

[wdlove]

Thank you for bringing a smile to my face. Blinking as an attention getter, but still annoying!

[teabgs]

Originally posted by mrjamin
Tabbed Browsing is pretty crummy too, like the fact there's no "single window" mode - urls from other applications still open in new windows and not tabs!


Check your Tabs preferences to change that one buddy ;)

[Flowbee]

Originally posted by mrjamin
found this in the DreamweaverMX O'Reilly HTML reference - amused me for a minute or two!

Thanks for pointing this out :).

As bad as blinking text was, I still prefer it to a site full of blinking banner ads. Make no mistake, sites are still 'blinking,' only the code has become a little more complicated.

Catch the monkey, anyone?

[sparkleytone]

that definitely looks like an XP screenshot. am i right? that font antialiasing looks NASTY.

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by teabgs
Check your Tabs preferences to change that one buddy ;)

errrr.... am i missing something here?

[idea_hamster]

Originally posted by mrjamin
...Rendering is still a little temporamental....

Mmmm...an absolutely delicious typo! I think someone has a bento box on his mind! :D

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by idea_hamster
Mmmm...an absolutely delicious typo! I think someone has a bento box on his mind! :D

oops - "Temperamental"

whats a bento box?

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by sparkleytone
that definitely looks like an XP screenshot. am i right? that font antialiasing looks NASTY.

*busted*

[Royal Pineapple]

Originally posted by mrjamin
errrr.... am i missing something here?
its in the general pref pane
at the bottom, it says open links form applications in: new window, same window. you want same window, it will open in a new tab if its done correctlly.

[idea_hamster]

Originally posted by mrjamin
whats a bento box?

According to http://www.zengifts.com/bento_box.asp

"In Japan, lunches and dinners are beautifully packaged in bento boxes and contains a complete nutritious meal of rice, meat, vegetables and pickles all neatly packaged in the compartments of the bento box."

http://www.zengifts.com/images/bentobox.jpg

There are also less ornate types that are sold as take-out lunches -- very popular, I understand.

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by Royal Pineapple
its in the general pref pane
at the bottom, it says open links form applications in: new window, same window. you want same window, it will open in a new tab if its done correctlly.

hehe - oops. thanks for that

still don't get this bento box thing

[idea_hamster]

The bento box is used to serve Japanese food.
You described something as "temporamental" -- a combination of the words "tempora" and "mental".
Tempora is a kind of Japanese food.
I suggested that you might have a bento box (possibly containing "tempora" for lunch) on the mind ("mental").

That was it. Sorry if you were looking for something wittier -- I'm no Oscar Wilde.

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by idea_hamster
The bento box is used to serve Japanese food.
You described something as "temporamental" -- a combination of the words "tempora" and "mental".
Tempora is a kind of Japanese food.
I suggested that you might have a bento box (possibly containing "tempora" for lunch) on the mind ("mental").

That was it. Sorry if you were looking for something wittier -- I'm no Oscar Wilde.

the penny drops! Thanks mate - i've never eaten japanese hence my confusion ;)