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does anyone else computer run slow when there are large animations?
(Fort, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:33, archived)
# depends
on how many and how complex and what you're watching them in
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:34, archived)
# in a word
no
(melancholiclaughter Corpsichord, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:34, archived)
# yup
it's very annoying.
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:34, archived)
# yes
the interweb hamster runs slower when people post shite animations*

* see above for shite animation
(BadgerPirate, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:36, archived)
# no, but
if people don't set the frame delay properly
(ie let it default to zero), my computer spends all it's time animating, and then everything else lags.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:44, archived)
# It's not about large animations IMO
I think it's more of an issue where the frame delay isn't specified (or is very small).

A medium sized image animating at 25Hz (ie, 40ms per frame) is a lot of work (especially if the browser is decoding each frame every time - which saves a lot of memory but adds to processor overhead).
(I helped save b3ta! Hagbard ... it's been a long time., Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:45, archived)