var counter=0;
function hello()
 {
window.setTimeout("hello()",6000);
counter++;
if(counter >2)
{document.getElementById('flash').style.visibility='hidden';
//window.clearTimeout();
}
}
function textsizer(e){
var evtobj=window.event? event : e //distinguish between IE's explicit event object (window.event) and Firefox's implicit.
var unicode=evtobj.charCode? evtobj.charCode : evtobj.keyCode
var actualkey=String.fromCharCode(unicode)
if (actualkey=="a" || actualkey=="A" )
{
document.getElementById('flash').style.visibility='hidden';
}
}
document.onkeypress=textsizer