RE: guideline 7.1 about screen flickering (fwd)

The guideline doesn’t bar movement between 5 and 50 hZ.  It only bars
flicker.   This image doesn’t flicker on my screen. Does it on anyone
elses?

It is annoying -- and distracting -- but it doesn’t trigger the epilepsy
guideline unless if flashes.

Don’t know about distraction - that is another guideline
 -  (doesn’t stop when I  turn of images)

G


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-----Original Message-----
From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Charles McCathieNevile
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 1:38 PM
To: WAI GL
Subject: RE: guideline 7.1 about screen flickering (fwd)

I don't think that this image is OK, unless the group feels that the
"until
user agents" part of the checkpoint means it is no onger applicable. It
moves
at something between 5 and 25 Hz in my viewer, and may preset problems
with
concentration or photosensitive epilepsy.

I think that most browsers now allow people to stop the animation, but I
do
not think I am in a position to decide that for the group. Could we
please
add it to the agenda as a matter of some urgency.

Cheers

Charles McCN

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:33:13 -0400
From: "Fitzgerald, Jimmie" <Jimmie.Fitzgerald@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov>
To: 'Terrie King' <tking@ucp.org>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: RE: guideline 7.1 about screen flickering
Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:37:35 -0400 (EDT)
Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org

Looks fine to me.  It isn't flickering at all.  What 'they' call screen
flicker is more in the lines of image changeouts and color changing.
They
really need to change their wording to 'element flicker' or something.
By
calling it screen flicker, I think monitor refresh rates.  And that is
something we as developers cannot control.

Your .gif is good to go.

Jim Fitzgerald

-----Original Message-----
From: Terrie King [mailto:tking@ucp.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 10:45 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: guideline 7.1 about screen flickering


Okay, experts!  I have been asked to put another agency's animated gif
on my
Web site.  I am hesitant to  use it because of guideline 7.1--"Until
user
agents allow users to control flickering, avoid causing the screen to
flicker."  Here's the link to the checklist item:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-avoid-flicker

How can I determine if the gif in question is within the guidelines?
(gif
attached)  If it is not, I guess I can ask for a non-animated gif.

Terrie

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