Indeed, Chuck.
I like PicLens and I can handle movement on a screen, but there seems
little point. My wife will not watch such show either: it makes her
feel sick and might stop her sleeping properly. Some directors of TV
shows really pi** me off, the way they are so profligate with their
use of technology for its own sake ...
Chris
On 21 Aug 2008, at 20:54, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> "navigation" is the right term. All those swirling images make me
> seasick. When that sort of stuff shows up on screen I abandon the
> page
> pretty quickly. I recently complained to CNN news about the
> background
> of the Fareed Zakaria show. They often have the camera in motion
> either
> zooming in or out and swinging side to side while at the same time
> giant
> background screens display a bunch of swirling pap around the heads of
> the guests. I found it so distracting that I couldn't concentrate on
> the content of the show and had to switch to a competing network.
>
> It seems to me that graphics are being used just because they can...
> independent of whether it really adds anything to the presentation of
> the real subject. For me it's a distinct negative.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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