Exploring the Legacy of HTML <blink> and <marquee> Tags in Web Development
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Summary
The article explores the history of the HTML <blink> and <marquee> tags, highlighting their significance in web development in the 90s and how they have become obscure to younger developers.
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· 2 pulledThey’re a part of web history that’s fallen off the radar and younger developers are unlikely to have ever come across them.
Even Macromedia Dreamweaver, which embodied the essence of 1990s web design, se
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