- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:12:20 -0400
- To: "Matt May" <mcmay@bestkungfu.com>, "Adam Victor Reed" <areed2@calstatela.edu>, "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Matt,
We are probably all guilty of describing the elephant by examining
a small portion of the whole. It is not a matter of whether my information
is true or yours, they are both true (and still limited in not describing
the whole that describes the people with attention disabilities and how
they use the web.
In the past, you may have referred me to a study on
distractability, and I tried the exercises. The problem with the study was
that the distraction wasn't the motion, but the timing. perhaps combined
with the motion.
Back to the original question, we are not talking about a flash
movie or a marquee, but an animated gif. Perhaps it would be OK in this
case to set the animation to just a few loops. How many are needed, and for
whom? If we say elsewhere to not limit the user's time interacting with
content, will there be a conflict if we say to turn off some elements after
they run some number of times? I still think this animated gif will not
make a page inaccessible, but will enhance comprehension (department
recognition) by its presence.
On the browser issue: the most popular browser provides user
control. If the Stop button doesn't exist, or work, in Netscape 6, I would
hope that would be reason enough to keep someone who needs that control
from investing in that browser.
Anne
Anne Pemberton
apembert@erols.com
http://www.erols.com/stevepem
http://www.geocities.com/apembert45
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