Oh, I'll tell you what -- I totally agree with this! We got rid of the ubiquitous "blink" tag, but then Flash came out, and it seems like every ad or banner now has to be animated, flashing, blinking . . . I don't have anything at all against Flash, but when I visit a site--especially something like a news or newspaper site--and am trying to read something, having eight different animated things on a page all competing for my attention drives me crazy.

I find myself trying to make the browser window smaller, or scrolling down just enough that I don't see the distracting animations. I don't even look at them, so unless they're subliminally influencing me, they're not getting my eyeballs.

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