Blink

Blinking is the strongest visual cue to attract human attention. Just think about the flashing lights of police cars or fire trucks. In web design, however, the <blink>-Tag is one of the most annoying inventions right after background music.

[The <blink> tag in HTML] was a joke, okay? If we thought it would actually be used, we wouldn't have written it! Marc Andreesen, Netscape

Luckily, browsers that descended from Netscape Navigator (Firefox, Mozilla SeaMonkey, Camino) allow you to easily modify some settings and blinking can be disabled completly.

about:config browser.blink_allowed Setting

To do so, go to the special URL "about:config", search for the "browser.blink_allowed" setting and set it the "false". Done!

Test-Area: Should not blink

Of course, this only works with HTML-based blinking, so animations based on Flash or Java are not affected by this setting.

Eternalize yourself in the comments if you know how to archive this when using Internet Explorer or Opera.