>Heh, there's a reason the <blink> tag has been depreciated... >Actually I tried finding it in the newest version of HTML and can't >even find it there anymore :-) That's cos it was a Nutscrape proprietry tag.... Russ Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:47:59 -0600 From: John Pickett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] blinking background Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: John Pickett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <006f01c120ea$aac52f10$4c6146a6@notebook> Heh, there's a reason the <blink> tag has been depreciated... Actually I tried finding it in the newest version of HTML and can't even find it there anymore :-) My 2 ¢ John Pickett http://www.bvstudios.com/ Co-Author: Inside Dreamweaver 4 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735710848/xtremist ----- Original Message ----- From: "speedboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:19 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] blinking background > > Fergawdsake -- WHY?!! > > > > Irritating, annoying, amateurish -- go read Jakob Nielsen on usability. > > > > Here's an alternate suggestion: A contrasting colour for the row you wish > > to highlight, keeping in mind that some people are colour blind. > > 1. You can create an animated gif with the an asterisk * that flashes on > and off light a light bulb (slowly). > > 2. Or just use the asterisk to denote a certain requirement on a form or > to alert the user to some area of the page. > > 3. Even changing the color of the text to red will alert the user. > > Goodluck and please post to the correct list next time, this has nothing > to do with a database or php for that matter. :) > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- End Forwarded Message --- #-------------------------------------------------------# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam t: +44 (0)1223 363271 x 2331 www.theruss.com #-------------------------------------------------------# -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
