When viewing company Web sites that have... - Louis Gray

Static. - Heather Solos

Static. If there is an option to close the animation, I'm all over it. - Yolanda

Static. Actually, with enough typographical strength, graphics are optional. :) - Micah Wittman

Gee. I can't imagine why I keep railing against the use of Flash on Web sites. I'm with everyone else. Flash drives me crazy. I don't mind sites having dynamic content on their home pages, but I want to be able to control how quickly or slowly it changes. - Curtiss Grymala

Static. - Zachary Poley

Static - Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF) from iPhone

Animation as an option - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

As long as the animation doesn't take a long time I don't mind. If it takes more then a few sec I'm gone. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Static. - Laura Norvig

Static for sure, Flash animations, slow, take time to load and sometimes FREEZING.. so Viva Static - FFTornado

All Flash is the worst. Primary info needs to be static and some secondary stuff in Flash is fine for me. - Kurt Starnes

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static - metalerik

static - Kate Foy

Static. Anything moving on a page or autoplay sounds, means there's a 99% chance I'll do business with a competitor. - Admiral Anika

Static. Like I said on Twitter, I feel violated when stuff starts moving or making noise without my consent. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Static - RAPatton from iPhone

Static - Joe Silence is not dead

I just screenshoted this. I'll be sure to show it to any potential clients that want to obsessively use flash. Oh and Static 100% - Joshua Schnell

If there's a compelling reason to use a dynamic display, I don't mind. For example, sports cars do not lend themselves to static displays. But even if a dynamic display is warranted - and it usually isn't - the dynamic content had better be short AND silent. (And the color saturation should be reasonable.) - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

I use flashblock pretty heavily to cut that stuff out. - Otto from iPhone

I'm curious if Louis' question would elicit different results if asked on another platform. FriendFeed tends to skew a little tech. Maybe other audiences find the animation entertaining. - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

i could say something really mean about a certain market segment, but i won't. - Joe Silence is not dead

John, I asked on Twitter and it hit here. But yes, this is good data. - Louis Gray

Definately static - Matt G

Static! - Jeff P. Henderson

Static. - Travis Koger from iPhone

Static. - Jose Maria Pelaez

Static. If it's a splash page and there's no "Skip" link, I'll often close it. And don't even get me STARTED on pages that start playing sound! - Ladybug Heather

Static. Come to think of it, all of the sites I visit regularly lack excess animations. - Jemm

Static - Carmen from iPhone

static - cheapsuits

Minimalism is the key. I don't care about ads, as long as they're not annoying and they don't distract me from the main content... Come to think of it, exactly the opposite of what they intend! ;) - Jordi Soler

Static - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Static, definitely. - Jason Huebel

Static, but I'm a sucker for some slick javascript and helpful unobtrusive video segments. - Phil G

100% static. If a website starts talking to me or playing music without my consent, I close the tab and never look back. - Akiva Moskovitz

static and if the animation last more than 5 seconds I'm likely to leave the site - WorldofHiglet

Static - BeeLing

flash is disabled and stays that way unless there is some overwhelming need such as youtube - Mike Chelen

Overwhelming need is a great way to say it- If plenty of valuable content needed presentation in a small space. - E-Advocate Network

Static! - Peter from iPhone

Static. Unless a flash ad is particularly clever or interesting it gets annoying within a matter of seconds. - Amy

Static, and no toolbar overlays. (nothing makes me stabbyer) - Matthew DeVries

I am really surprised at the almost unanimity of static. I may change my website. - Alan Morris

I don't mind Flash, as long as I start the Flash. This mess, has stopped me from ordering my sandwiches from there - http://www.jimmyjohns.com. A website should not do anything but display in a static manner until I've given it the goahead to move. - Matthew DeVries

Static. No flash and certainly no autoplay. - Nik

Static. Hell no on autoplay. - Andrew Leyden

static. I don't play music when someone walks in my door, do you? find out what I want first, then let the media be presented - randulo

Animated. If I don't see page elements dancing the Macarena, the site is clearly not worth my time. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

static also because if I'm viewing in my phone it doesn't display. The worst are ones that require the flash to get through to the content of the site. - Sarah

Static. I have Flash off by default. - Victor Ganata

Luddites, all of you! http://www.duckmylife.com/ is the future! - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Static. - pea

Static. I *hate* Flash sites with a passion. Also: no music or annoying sounds! - Shannon Jiménez

Static - DOH - Susan Beebe

Flash sure is annoying on iPhone, as in no worky. Please make with the static stat. - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

static - Hutch Carpenter

Static. - Andrew Perry from Android

Static. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Static -- if it moves, it's gone. - Sean McBride

I can't stand flash sites. It's a pet peeve of mine. I don't mind little pieces being flash, but I don't want anything overly flash or music or autoplay, etc. Ick. - Araceli

Static for God's sake - LANjackal