Reducing motion with the picture element

Here’s a bonafide CSS/HTML trick from Brad Frost and Dave Rupert where they use the <picture> element to switch out a GIF file with an image if the user has reduced motion enabled. This is how Brad goes about implementing that: <picture> <!-- This image will be loaded if the media query is true --> <source srcset="no-motion.jpg" media="(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)"></source> <!-- Otherwise, load this gif --> <img srcset="animated.gif alt="brick wall"/> </picture> How nifty is thi...

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