[kwlug-disc] [Possible phishing attempt] Re: question for the website programmers

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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)



September 11, 2024 at 11:35 AM, "CrankyOldBugger - crankyoldbugger at gmail.com" <reply+xugcpcibjdtyrecsbwfrtnhhzpugah at simplelogin.co> wrote:



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> 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...
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> > September 11, 2024 at 5:28 AM, "Ronald Barnes via kwlug-disc - kwlug-disc at kwlug.org http://kwlug.org/ " <ra+ufldbbsvjexizxayvqisniizm at simplelogin.co> wrote:
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> > Ultimately constant animations you can't stop are web content accessibility violations.
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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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> > > 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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