To Animate, or not to Animate

That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous animations, Or to take arms against a sea of pixels. I've recently taken to including animated GIFs in some of my posts, but believe that too many of them have rendered a single page annoying. One or two (here and there) seem fine, and the static images are equally fun. Would the Bard approve? Not sure. I'm gonna try sticking with the non-animated GIFs for now. When IE7 is out in full-force, I'll switch over to PNGs. Although, I could easily apply that CSS hack for PNG transparency? “Come, give us a taste of your quality,” you say. Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.