Stupid Squidoo CSS Tricks - Dancing Text

Squiddo blocks the <marquee> tag. This is, in my opinion is the most obnoxious HTML tag ever. It seems a shame because marquee is useful to punch through a web surfer's "white line fever".
There is a CCS3 version that will work, but not in all browsers.

This should be scrolling text. I doubt if is is moving.

If you have a new CSS3 browser like Konqueror you might see the text wiggling. Even as is, the scrollbars make it annoying.

In case the popular browsers ever support CSS3 marquee, here is the code to make it work:
<p style="display:block; width:200px; overflow:marquee; height:40px; background-color:lightblue;marquee: slide infinite">Text to scroll</p>

Squidoo blocks another nasty html tag, <blink>. This makes the text disappear and reappear in an annoying way.

There is, however, a css style you can add that makes text blink. Unfortunately it only works for me in Firefox. Maybe it will work in IE 8.

Blinking Text

Here is the blinking style:
<p style="text-decoration: blink;color:purple">Blinking Text</p>

Something else that you might try is vertical text.

This only works in Internet Explorer

code:
<p style="writing-mode: tb-rl; filter: flipv fliph;">Vertical</p>

You can also mess with the cursor.

This text should have a crosshair cursor when you hover over it

The code:
<p style="cursor:crosshair;">This text should have a crosshair cursor when you hover over it</p>

Had enough? These css hacks are truly annoying and it is probable that Squidoo will get rid of some of them in the future. In the mean time, maker you pages as ugly and irritating as possible and you will be remembered forever.