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by alberth 1122 days ago
While I do like the article, I wish it simply used multiple images and/or animated gifs (instead of javascript) for the pictorials.

It would make the site much more accessible and clear in the event you didn't realize you had to click forward.
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xigoi 1122 days ago
An animated gif would be annoying since you can't pause it to look at it carefully.

While I also hate the overuse of JavaScript, this is exactly how it's meant to be used – adding small bits of interactivity to documents.

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samwho 1122 days ago
The accessibility of this technique is something that greatly worries me. I try and be quite thoughtful about things like colour palette. I'm not sure how to achieve the level of interactivity I want while still being accessible to screen readers, without writing two completely separate articles with and without JavaScript.

Definitely open to ideas.

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