Question

Animation is not used as much on the Web today as it was a few years ago. What are the pluses and minuses of having animated images on a site? What are some common file formats for animated images? Can you link to examples of the effective and ineffective use of animation?

Answer 1

Animation has various advantages and disadvantages attached to it which are as follows:

Advantage;

1. It makes presentation attractive

2. Better visual understanding

3. Works on the look and feel of the presentation

4. Keeps the viewer interested

Disadvantage:

1. Overdo looks childish

2. Overdo makes the viewer feel that it lacks context

3. Some cultures like Japanese, do not appreciate it

It can be effective while communicating to a larger audience, kids, official presentations but overdo of the same in official context would not let it stay on professional look and feel anymore.