Re: guideline 7.1 about screen flickering (fwd)

At 06:49 AM 7/27/2001 +0100, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
>given that placements are a more subtle way of advertising, perhaps in the
>RADAR case and given the client group, it might make sense to advise that an
>animated gif is liable to irritate, rather than rely on a medical condition.

And not only to irritate. Sometimes it makes it almost impossible to read a 
text that is near a flickering image as our cognitive system is built to 
pay attention to the movement.

Marja


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Received on Monday, 30 July 2001 09:55:59 UTC