I think one animation going across the page isn't going to kill people.
Like most scrollers, mousing over it pauses the animation.
While I agree that everything should be in moderation, many people seem to
go the extreme: no flash, no animation, no movement.
I think there's room here to have a balance.
In terms of 'crashing' your browser, this is why I'm hoping that the
information is available whether you have CSS or JavaScript turned off.
If anyone thinks it's inaccessible, I would be eager to here why and hope
that you can offer alternatives to make it accessible.
R :o)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Heilmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] XHTML Marquee
Hi Rob,
Normally I'd agree with you, but a Stock Ticker is something of a
tradition
in the industry and I think the users are used to the idea.
Here's what I've put together.
That is an assumption. It's like saying popup windows were an
convention over the years and people should be used to them. Instead,
people use popup blockers.
Animation should always go with moderation, and if you want to think
about accessibility, you should also include an option to stop it or
control its speed.
My favourite bad example is http://tfl.gov.uk, a wonderful informative
site that keeps crashing my firefox as they had to use a java applet
for scrolling a ticker.
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