I just had an advert with a semi-transparent overlay of a mobile phone opening and closing and moving around the screen.

Very pretty, no doubt very artistic.

However my (now fairly old) portable was sweating a bit when displaying it.
Not sure how big it was, but if I wasn't on Broadband I suspect the impact could have been even greater.

Do we have to have these fancy graphics?
Another site I visit has these 'punch the monkey' variants which again have very fancy graphics.
O.K. on a dedicated PC with a Broadband connection, but not friendly to more limited technology.

For instace, at work (for enhanced security) all our Internet access is via a terminal server and any fancy graphics kills the performance stone dead.

So the fancy graphics are counter productive; the 'user experience' is a combination of frustration and rage.

So how about a 'no fancy grahics' button in the user configuration area?

I have no objection to adverts (they help fund the site and I don't have to read them) just to high end graphics with lots of motion.

Cheers
Dave R