In creating animation, people (including clients) don't always consider the refresh rates of these assets. Not only can animated banners and the like be quite unattractive and annoying, they can also be quite unsafe for some users, particularly htose who are photosensitivity epileptic.
In determining whether a particular asset was in violation of guidelines, we found the site below, which analyses an animated GIF for it's photosensitivity risk.
http://tools.webaccessibile.org/test/check.aspx
What is suprising is the WCAG guidelines specified even 4 refreshes a second can be dangerous.
Well worth checking the next time you prepare a spanky new banner.
Read the complete post at http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/program.x/archive/2008/05/14/photosensitivity-epilepsy-are-your-banners-safe.aspx
Posted
05-14-2008 16:28
by
Nathan J Pledger