The blink tag is Netscape Navigator-specific. It is not a current part of
standard HTML coding and is not supported by Internet Explorer.
Each browser may have specific HTML tags that are designed for that
browser. If a tag is not a standard HTML tag, it may or may not be
supported by another browser.
In contrast, Internet Explorer does support the marquee tag to allow text
to scroll across the screen. While text can also be made to scroll with
Netscape Navigator, it is usually due to a Java script placed on the page
for this function.
To determine whether a browser has either the marquee or blink tag
enabled on the page, click Source on the View menu and search for the
text in question. An example of a blink tag is:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>THIS IS A TEST.</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<blink>Jane was here</blink>
</BODY>
</HTML>
In this example, "Jane was here" should be blinking.
An example of a scrolling marquee tag is:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>THIS IS A TEST.</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<MARQUEE>Joe was here</MARQUEE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
This scrolls "Joe was here" across the screen.