Animation on webpages

[Longman, Bill]

> As we all know, Flash is not well supported (if at all) on PPC Linux.
> 
> As a webdesigner, I'm trying to make my websites as accessible as
> possible on all platforms though.
> 
> I am to make a website now for one of my customers, that would like to
> see some animation in it. I could use flash (limiting the audience to
> Windows/MacOS/Linux-x86), but I'd rather use something more open.
> 
> Do any of you have experience with other forms of animation 
> for websites?
> 
> What are my options ?

Animated GIFs work just about anywhere. I have a 256x256x8bit GIF with 177
images in it. It takes up about 7MB. It's definitely on the heavy side
compared to Flash but it works great. You could also try any of the MPEG
formats for video. They're rather cross-platform.

Bill