- From: Phil Brown <phil.brown@wwwicked.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:45:59 +1000
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com>, <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- CC: Matt May <mcmay@bestkungfu.com>, Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>, WAI GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hello, For what it's worth, I have epilepsy and I find the image causes me no problems at all. I'm have a mild dose (of epilepsy) so I wouldn't want to speak for all, but generally I get more problems from monitors flickering then from animated gifs. Regards, Phil Brown. on 27/7/01 10:38 AM, Kynn Bartlett at kynn@reef.com wrote: > At 9:44 AM +1000 2001/7/27, Jason White wrote: >> While agreeing with Kynn, I would add that the user agent (or software >> operating in conjunction with it) is in an excellent position to block >> these effects if the user so wishes. That is, if one wants to take >> steps to prevent certain effects that might be distracting, one is >> entirely free to do so (it is merely a case of overriding the author's >> presentation). > > Oh, yeah, no question. Just as you can say "don't use that annoying > neon green color" so should you be able to say "don't show me that > stupid animated gif." > > Most modern browsers can or should include this in configuration > options. > > --Kynn >
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