Re: Question on animation in an advertisement box

Thank you so much, Juliette, Rich, and Jonathan for your valuable guidance
and time.

much appreciated!!

~ Kiran


On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 9:10 AM Juliette Alexandria <
mcshanejuliette@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kiran,
>
> Great question. SC 2.2.2, Pause, Stop, Hide applies to *any* blinking,
> flashing, moving content where the movement lasts for more than 5 seconds,
> even content that is considered 'decorative'. There's really not a lot more
> to say about it than that. :)
>
> The movement has the potential to be so distracting, with a strong
> possibility of causing physical reactions for some, that it's presence -
> regardless of context or 'importance' of the content - is the issue.
>
> A 'really-nice-to-have' (but that will not make your automatically playing
> decorative animation conform with WCAG) would be to add
> prefers-reduced-motion
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-motion> to
> the element. This will stop the animation from playing at all when someone
> has this set on their system. The reason it is not considered a sufficient
> way to meet SC 2.2.2 is because many people don't know they can set their
> system this way, may be browsing on a public computer, and so on. However,
> it really helps the people who do use it, and isn't difficult to add.
>
> I hope this provides some clarity.
>
> Best regards,
> Juliette
>
> On 9/8/2022 5:14:54 PM, Kiran <kiranph@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Hope you all are doing well. Really appreciated more information and
> guidance on animation from you all.
>
> so we are building an animation for some ads (advertisements)  where an ad
> containing a box would stay on the very right side of the page.
> Ad itself is contained in the square box where the half portion of the box
> has static content while the other half portion of the ad box contains
> moving infinite loop animation which is only for decoration and does not
> overlap with the content in any way.
>
> My question is: does this small box need a Pause, hide or stop button? OR
> can this be ignored completely? was wondering if any WCAG criteria I should
> be taking care of. (animation does not have any flash content which would
> cause seizures )
>
> Thank you so much for your suggestions!
>
> Regards,
> Kiran
>
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