- From: Simon White <simon.white@jkd.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:02:23 -0000
- To: "RUST Randal" <RRust@COVANSYS.com>, "W3c-Wai-Ig (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I might be wrong (and that has happened often) but I was under the impression that animation was fine if it could be turned off? In studies that I have seen by agencies that work with dyslexics, they actually like animations and they are a large proportion of the disabled community (numbering 5 million in the UK alone). I think some clarification is needed. Regards Simon -----Original Message----- From: RUST Randal [mailto:RRust@COVANSYS.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 14:57 To: W3c-Wai-Ig (E-mail) Subject: RE: Blinking images and Checkpoint 7.1 >>A flickering or flashing screen may cause seizures in users with photosensitive epilepsy and content developers should thus avoid causing the screen to flicker. ---------- Not all animation causes flickering of the screen. Images that rotate quickly might, and should be avoided, but certainly not a smooth transition, such as you are capable of with Flash animations (but that's another topic altogether regarding accessibility). Randal _____________________________________________________________________ VirusChecked by the Incepta Group plc _____________________________________________________________________
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