[kwlug-disc] question for the website programmers

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September 11, 2024 at 5:28 AM, "Ronald Barnes via kwlug-disc - kwlug-disc at kwlug.org" <ra+ufldbbsvjexizxayvqisniizm at simplelogin.co> wrote:

Ultimately constant animations you can't stop are web content accessibility violations.

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> CrankyOldBugger wrote on 2024-09-09 18:12:
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> > I've been voluntold to build a website for a Ukrainian refugee who's
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> >  trying to start a cleaning business (cleaning homes). One of the > features that she's asked for is an animated broom or feather duster
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> >  that occasionally flies around the screen and annoys people. It
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> >  doesn't have to alter/change the page text; it just needs to pop in
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> >  every now and then and fly around for a few seconds.
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> As others have said, it's a terrible idea.
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> However, some ideas that may help implement it...
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> Use a JS function to replace the cursor (CSS i.e. cursor:url(broom.png)) with an image on a timer / interval (setTimeout or setInterval) to toggle it on and off.
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> The image wouldn't exactly randomly fly across the screen, but it would
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> appear and follow the mouse then disappear.
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> Another thought might be to create an image with a position:absolute,
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> left: Xpx, top: Ypx; and use JS to move it across the screen.
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> Finally, there's a really great YouTuber called Hyperplexed who's not
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> only an experienced web dev, but very skilled video producer, has a
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> great voice, and even does entire videos in rhyme sometimes (including
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> sponsor message!).
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> He tends to find a site he really likes, and breaks down how to mimic it
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> in ~5 minute videos.
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> Quite possible his catalogue has something that may spark an idea or
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> two, and even if not, it's entertaining and informative.
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> https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperplexed
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> A couple notable examples:
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> > 
> > CSS tutorial, but it has to rhyme
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> >  If Dr Seuss Made Programming Tutorials
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> There's a few videos with really interesting animations based upon mouse
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> movements in his catalogue.
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> rb
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