>>>And I'm not amazed that Microsoft would spend millions investigating what annoys the users :).
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>>And now they annoyed those who *really* needs the flashing signs but cannot do it without shaman's dances with buben... :)

>Maybe if you need to attract attention some form of moving graphic could be used.

Not good enough. No matter how many times they showed the crumpled piece of paper forever jumping between two folders, I always noticed how the estimated time to the end of copying made no sense at all. It'd show 20 minutes, then five seconds later 10 minutes, then 20 seconds later 2 minutes, and in the end it would show 10 seconds for about five minutes. Distraction which doesn't work...