This piece is an experiment in creating an animation using only HTML. There is no JavaScript, CSS, or images involved.

The frames consists of ascii art based on "The Horse in Motion" made by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878. Each frame is a separate HTML page. Animation between pages is done with `<meta http-equiv="refresh">` tags.

As of April, 2022, Safari and Firefox require whole seconds for the refresh. So, the basic version is a set of eight frames running at 1FPS. Chrome allows refresh times less than a second. That version is sixteen frames set to change every 0.1 seconds which runs at roughly 10FPS depending on the computer, network, etc...

The pages are very light, but there may be some delay and a little flash between frames if you're on a slow connection. It also may not render properly on some mobile devices due to the nature of it's construction.

This site is the forth in a series inspired by this tweet from whitep4nth3r. The other sites have ascii art, a maze, and pixel art (which is my other favorite).

Here's the source code if you're interested.