Hi Jos,

I have never used "blinking" text either; I've never found it necessary. But I will defend anyone's right to at least consider it.

Today it was blinking text; tommorrow it might be a truly new and innovative UI element from the same source. It would be a shame if this element never saw the light of day because the source was discouraged from expressing their views because they did not meet "the guidelines". (I noticed they are already talking in terms of what "follows the guidelines" ... innocence lost.)

If we had to sit and wait for innovation from only those outfits that "published guidelines" (and that includes Apple, IBM and MS), it would be a sorry state indeed.

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>Although I like the way Alex describes "blinking" text I must agree with you that this entire thread is arguing about opinion. And usefulness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder (although I hasten to add that I don't use blinking text :)
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>I think any of us who were programming in DOS days and/or early Internet website days have been over-exposed to blinking text but, still, there is no intrinsic right or wrong about it.