The best way to animate images using JavaScript is not to. Netscape 2.0 supports GIF89a multipart images, which contain built-in timing and looping instructions. These load faster and run more smoothly than animation created using JavaScript and can be placed anywhere on the page.
A number of inexpensive shareware utilities are available for creating GIF animation, the best-known of which is probably GIF Construction Set by Alchemy Mindworks. While GIF89a images are currently supported only by Netscape, it’s pretty safe to assume that when other browsers support JavaScript, they’ll also support GIF animation.
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