<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div>My apologies I didn't want to sound pushy it was just an additional detail to consider that I'm aware of outside of my earlier teasing about a MySpace page. I had hoped to just suggest that outside of doing a gif or webm file somewhere that repeated unstoppable animations are actual WCAG violations and can cause liabilities (if you're looking for an excuse to dump on your client)<br></div><div><br></div><p>September 11, 2024 at 11:35 AM, "CrankyOldBugger - crankyoldbugger at gmail.com" <<a href="mailto:reply+xugcpcibjdtyrecsbwfrtnhhzpugah@simplelogin.co?to=%22CrankyOldBugger%20-%20crankyoldbugger%20at%20gmail.com%22%20%3Creply%2Bxugcpcibjdtyrecsbwfrtnhhzpugah%40simplelogin.co%3E" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">reply+xugcpcibjdtyrecsbwfrtnhhzpugah@simplelogin.co</a>> wrote:<br></p><blockquote><table style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<div dir="ltr"><div>OK, maybe I wasn't clear.. I don't want some animation that's designed to annoy everyone.. Just a sort of poof! welcome to the website sort of deal. I think I mentioned "every once in a while" but that was misleading.. perhaps more so "on every page load". Basically what the client wants is either a feather duster that hits the logo, or a broom that flutters around just at page load.. it's a house cleaning business that we're trying to write for, so just something that sparkles in a way...<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 11 Sept 2024 at 11:29, Colin_ via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">September 11, 2024 at 5:28 AM, "Ronald Barnes via kwlug-disc - kwlug-disc at <a href="http://kwlug.org/" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">kwlug.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ra%2Bufldbbsvjexizxayvqisniizm@simplelogin.co" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">ra+ufldbbsvjexizxayvqisniizm@simplelogin.co</a>> wrote:<div><br></div>
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Ultimately constant animations you can't stop are web content accessibility violations.<div><br></div>
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> CrankyOldBugger wrote on 2024-09-09 18:12:<div><br></div>
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> > I've been voluntold to build a website for a Ukrainian refugee who's<div><br></div>
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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<div><br></div>
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> > that occasionally flies around the screen and annoys people. It<div><br></div>
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> > doesn't have to alter/change the page text; it just needs to pop in<div><br></div>
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> > every now and then and fly around for a few seconds.<div><br></div>
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> As others have said, it's a terrible idea.<div><br></div>
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> However, some ideas that may help implement it...<div><br></div>
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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.<div><br></div>
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> The image wouldn't exactly randomly fly across the screen, but it would<div><br></div>
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> appear and follow the mouse then disappear.<div><br></div>
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> Another thought might be to create an image with a position:absolute,<div><br></div>
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> left: Xpx, top: Ypx; and use JS to move it across the screen.<div><br></div>
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> Finally, there's a really great YouTuber called Hyperplexed who's not<div><br></div>
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> only an experienced web dev, but very skilled video producer, has a<div><br></div>
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> great voice, and even does entire videos in rhyme sometimes (including<div><br></div>
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> sponsor message!).<div><br></div>
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> He tends to find a site he really likes, and breaks down how to mimic it<div><br></div>
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> in ~5 minute videos.<div><br></div>
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> Quite possible his catalogue has something that may spark an idea or<div><br></div>
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> two, and even if not, it's entertaining and informative.<div><br></div>
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> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperplexed" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperplexed</a><div><br></div>
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> A couple notable examples:<div><br></div>
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> > CSS tutorial, but it has to rhyme<div><br></div>
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> > If Dr Seuss Made Programming Tutorials<div><br></div>
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> There's a few videos with really interesting animations based upon mouse<div><br></div>
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> movements in his catalogue.<div><br></div>
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