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From: Jasper Cole
Date: Aug 22, 2014 7:34AM

I'm curious about animated gifs. Using endlessly looping animated gifs violates WCAG 2.2.2 because it counts as "moving", it starts automatically, lasts more than five seconds, and is presented in parallel with the rest of the page.

I am considering removing it entirely, but I work in an educational setting and a lot of the students seem to respond to websites that contain animation. Therefore, I'm wondering if there's a way around the problem.

I've currently made it so that the user can stop the animation by clicking on it, but without instructions, no one will know about this functionality. Putting a button beside it is also very obtrusive. Furthermore, both of these require javascript to be enabled, which may prevent them from working for some users.

Has anyone else ever dealt with this problem or a similar problem before? I'd love to know about your solution.

Thank you!
--Jasper Cole