Text blinking jQuery

Question

What is an easy way to make text blinking in jQuery and a way to stop it? Must work for IE, FF and Chrome. Thanks

Answer 1

I feel the following is of greater clarity and customization than other answers.

    var element_to_blink=$('#id_of_element_to_blink');
    var min_opacity=0.2;
    var max_opacity=1.0;
    var blink_duration=2000;
    var blink_quantity=10;
    var current_blink_number=0;

    while(current_blink_number