Ani Backgrounds ugh

Hey....I realize this post is a week old....and may have been dealt with in
the deluge of emails in my inbox (thank god for filtering)

Be very careful with the animated background thing...I toyed with the idea a
while ago, and the conclusion that you (and most users) would come to is
that a huge ani background will take forever to download.  Second, but most
important is how difficult it will be for people reading the page and trying
to gather data....the ani would distract from the reading, and trying to get
the eye to adjust to huge variations in background v. type.  It is very
difficult for many people.  Just some things to keep in mind when we discuss
usability over our desire for "cool" graphics.

Eric J Hoffman
Director of Internet Initiatives
Meagher & Geer, PLLP

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of Charlie and Rachel Kennerly
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 12:58 AM
To: hwg-graphics
Subject: looking for background


Hi.  I have been searching all over the net for a background that is either
an earthquake, tidal wave, or rain.  (Is there such a thing as an animated
background??  If there is that would be extremely cool.)  Anybody know where
I can get one of these backgrounds?

Rachel
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Charlie and Rachel Kennerly
R-CK Kennels
Home of the 2 stump salute
r-ck(at)lcc.net
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/9135

Eric J Hoffman
Director of Internet Initiatives
Meagher & Geer, PLLP

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