Path: utzoo!mnetor!george
From: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Blinking colors under X
Message-ID: <4639@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 88 21:11:50 GMT
References: <1561@mrmarx.UUCP>
Reply-To: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <1561@mrmarx.UUCP> jff@mrmarx.UUCP (Jim Fournier) writes:
>	In my experience in both the CAD/CAM and Manufacturing Automation
>marketplaces, blinking colors are considered very useful for highlighting.
>In Manufacturing Automation in particular, the use of blinking colors for
>the annunciation of alarm conditions is considered critical.

Most RFQ's for supervisory and control applications (particularly the
electrical utility sector) specify blink capability as a requirement.

>	Is this an issue of interest to anyone else ?  Is anyone at the
>X Consortium thinking about this ?

Yes and I hope so.
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Regards,

George Hart, Computer X Canada Ltd.
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