To beep or not to beep.

[Haseen I. Alam]

 Hi again,

 It seems that the question on how to beep has caused a lot of beeping
 lately.  Various methods were suggested along with there pros and cons.
 But my main interest is to get the users attention.  Is beeping a BAD
 practice to do this?  How else can I get the users attention?  I would
 like to know (if possible with pseudo examples) some other techniques.
 If you have one that is a little too exotic! (like making the screen 
 melt or modem lights flash) then simply e-mail them to me.

 Email and posts are equally preferable.  Thanks.

 Haseen.
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