Possibility to freeze animated gifs permanently

I know that some people like animated gifs and they should be able to keep them

I know that one can freeze an animated gif at a given page.

I would like to have a setting to freeze ALL animated gifs for me, since I am not a fan. Expecially the fast moving ones distract me.

Originally posted by Ponderable
I know that some people like animated gifs and they should be able to keep them

I know that one can freeze an animated gif at a given page.

I would like to have a setting to freeze ALL animated gifs for me, since I am not a fan. Expecially the fast moving ones distract me.

You could insist that all animated gifs only play through once and then stop. I'd support that.

Originally posted by Ponderable
I know that one can freeze an animated gif at a given page.

By settings in your browser? Maybe you can also turn them off for entire sites? Or there might be browser add-ons or scripts for that.

Originally posted by Ponderable
I know that some people like animated gifs and they should be able to keep them

I know that one can freeze an animated gif at a given page.

I would like to have a setting to freeze ALL animated gifs for me, since I am not a fan. Expecially the fast moving ones distract me.

Just hit ESC if you're in Firefox, or STOP in IE.

http://snook.ca/archives/browsers/stopping_animat

Or, to stop them permanently:

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-stop-gif-image-animations-from.html

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Just hit ESC if you're in Firefox, or STOP in IE.

http://snook.ca/archives/browsers/stopping_animat

Or, to stop them permanently:

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-stop-gif-image-animations-from.html

I knew about the Esc, but thank you for the link!

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Just hit ESC if you're in Firefox, or STOP in IE.

http://snook.ca/archives/browsers/stopping_animat

Or, to stop them permanently:

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-stop-gif-image-animations-from.html

I think I will add that link too, thanks. I might even learn something. 😉

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Just hit ESC if you're in Firefox, or STOP in IE.

http://snook.ca/archives/browsers/stopping_animat

Or, to stop them permanently:

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-stop-gif-image-animations-from.html

Here's the text of the "permanent stopping" link:

If you want to permanently block GIF animations in your browser, do the following:
In Firefox - Type about:config and change the value of string image.animation_mode from normal to none.
In Internet Explorer - Tools -> Options -> Advance. Uncheck the box in Multimedia group that says "Play animations in web pages"

Just tried it in IE, and it works!!!! Thank you SG, you've made my day. 😀

Originally posted by Kewpie
Here's the text of the "permanent stopping" link:

If you want to permanently block GIF animations in your browser, do the following:
In Firefox - Type about:config and change the value of string image.animation_mode from normal to none.
In Internet Explorer - Tools -> Options -> Advance. Uncheck the box in Multimedia group that says "Play animations i ...[text shortened]... pages"

Just tried it in IE, and it works!!!! Thank you SG, you've made my day. 😀

Be aware that his browser mod will affect all sites.

D

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Be aware that his browser mod will affect all sites.

D

That's actually good news.

Originally posted by Ponderable
I know that some people like animated gifs and they should be able to keep them

I know that one can freeze an animated gif at a given page.

I would like to have a setting to freeze ALL animated gifs for me, since I am not a fan. Expecially the fast moving ones distract me.

All I have to say to this is: Thank God you can't fly a 747 without reading the instructions.

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