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November 30, 2011 8:07 PM Subscribe
Can any web designers speak to what's up with the <marquee> tag? I want to use it in a tasteful, scrolling-credits-type way — is it even worth doing?
I know that the tag is depreciated and has non grata status with the W3C, but it still works for me both in FF7 and IE8, and I still see it used on the web on a not-infrequent basis. Has anyone used it in any recent web design work? Or is there a reasonable replacement to generate a scrolling effect without something as heavy as jQuery? I know that CSS3 has an overflow-style property which should allow the marquee effect, but that doesn't seem to be widely supported yet. Thoughts?
I know that the tag is depreciated and has non grata status with the W3C, but it still works for me both in FF7 and IE8, and I still see it used on the web on a not-infrequent basis. Has anyone used it in any recent web design work? Or is there a reasonable replacement to generate a scrolling effect without something as heavy as jQuery? I know that CSS3 has an overflow-style property which should allow the marquee effect, but that doesn't seem to be widely supported yet. Thoughts?
Here's someone who did it with CSS animation properties in webkit.
There is BTW a W3C recommendation for marquee properties. Supposedly it's implemented in webkit but the examples I was coming across weren't working for me in Chrome.
posted by XMLicious at 8:32 PM on November 30, 2011
There is BTW a W3C recommendation for marquee properties. Supposedly it's implemented in webkit but the examples I was coming across weren't working for me in Chrome.
posted by XMLicious at 8:32 PM on November 30, 2011
Best answer: Also, I wouldn't worry about how heavy jQuery is for something as frivolous and flashy as an end credits sequence. So many pages depend on it, anyway.
posted by empath at 8:34 PM on November 30, 2011
posted by empath at 8:34 PM on November 30, 2011
Best answer: To add to empath's comment, Google hosts a copy of JQuery that a lot of people use on their sites so if you just link to that version chances are pretty high that people will already have it cached.
posted by _frog at 8:40 PM on November 30, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by _frog at 8:40 PM on November 30, 2011 [3 favorites]
In the e-mail marketing world, it was recently noted that Travelocity was using the marquee tag in an e-mail campaign (text/link on the top left of the page).
posted by tommccabe at 9:02 PM on November 30, 2011
posted by tommccabe at 9:02 PM on November 30, 2011
Response by poster: Yeah, I guess I should just go with jQuery after all. _frog, your point about using the Google-hosted script is an excellent one.
Thanks
posted by FreelanceBureaucrat at 6:26 PM on December 1, 2011
Thanks
posted by FreelanceBureaucrat at 6:26 PM on December 1, 2011
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Here you go.
posted by empath at 8:32 PM on November 30, 2011