Re: Where does flicker come from?

I think we already have these in the guidelines.  So I think we are covered
for flicker issues.  But I will check to make sure.
Jon


At 04:22 PM 5/24/99 -0500, Wendy A Chisholm wrote:
>Flicker and other visual events that may cause a seizure (such as quick
>changes from light to dark) may be created by the following 4 ways (there
>may be more):
>1.  scripting
>2.  animated images
>3.  applets
>4.  embedded multimedia objects
>
>possible suggestions for UA:
>1.  allow users to disable scripting, applets, and multimedia objects 
>2.  allow the user to control the rate of change (of scripts, applets, and
>multimedia objects).
>3.  allows users to pause animated images (i.e. only show first or last
>frame, or step through frames at user request)
>
>--w
>
>At 01:49 PM 5/24/99 , Ian Jacobs wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>We say in checkpoint 7.1 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
>>[1]:
>>
>> Until user agents allow users to control flickering, 
>> avoid causing the screen to flicker.
>>
>>I'd like to tell the UA WG how flicker may be caused so
>>that UAs can prevent it. Can someone explain what markup
>>or settings lead to flicker?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>> - Ian
>>
>>[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/#gl-movement
>>
>>-- 
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>> 
> 
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