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7.2 Don't make text blink

If you have content that blinks, note the following:

  • The <blink> tag is not in any W3C standard. Don't use it
  • Make sure that users can stop blinking objects
  • Use other ways to highlight text, such as presentation markup. For example:

    Use text-transform (for uppercase, lowercase, and capitalization)

    Use text-shadow for shadow effects

    Use text-decoration for underlines, overlines and blinking. Note: In CSS, text-decoration: blink causes content to blink but users can stop the effect by turning off style sheets or overriding the rule in a user style sheet