>We actually had a request (and obliged) from the stores department that they wanted a flashing "led" in their receiving application whenever there is a pick-slip ready, as the computer is mostly unattended and they want to know if there is something that requires their attention when they walk by, and there is another application that has another blinking led (as requested by the users) but I can't remember what it was.

Look at that. Another example where breaking the so called GUI standards makes sense (and to a paying customer who requested it). This is proof that M$ only suggests guidelines and as such, we shouldn't just blindly accept them.