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Re: blink and marquee elements

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From: Mark Rew
Date: Mar 5, 2002 10:57AM

Yes, I believe the following from the subsection 1194.22 applies.
(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a
frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Mark Rew

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From: "Derren" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: blink and marquee elements


> I am currently evaluating a website for Section 508 compliance and I
> came across the use of the marquee element.
>
> In the Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0...
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/
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> ...it is mentioned that "The BLINK and MARQUEE elements are not
> defined in any W3C HTML specification and should not be used."
>
> Does Section 508 cover the marquee and blink elements in any way?
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