On 31 December 2011 09:06, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
They are not blinking in a manner that is even remotely obnoxious.
There is a reason that people tend to talk about static plain-text options when they talk about acceptable web ads. Something blinking away at the top of the page is a distraction.
And they are also used for displaying bilingual messages, which is very useful for areas in which you can't be sure whether people prefer English or the local language, like India.
Except both versions I was getting were in English.