Posted July 31, 2017 Is there any way to turn them off? I do not want them to be disallowed, and I do not want to turn off all avs/sigs, I just want to lose the animations. 1. I find the motion annoying to the point of nauseating on some of them 2. Some of them cause headaches, which could cause epileptic seizures 3. Some of them are so obscure that they make no sense to me 4. Some of them are such small animations.. 2 - 3 frames small.. that what was the point of animating them in the first place? They repeat so fast that it's impossible to make sense of them. Could you please add a setting that will show/not show animations? Share this post Link to post
Posted July 31, 2017 I'm with you on that, Cinn! I hate to have to turn off sigs, but some of the large animations really bother me. And I am not into the anime or whatever they come from, so don't understand them anyway. I don't know if it is possible to do what you are asking or not, but if it is I would certainly use that setting. Share this post Link to post
Posted July 31, 2017 If a solution is not possible in the forum software (which I don't know), maybe Adblock Plus can help. I'm using it to block these big "upgrade hosting!" images in signatures that Photobucket (I think?) shows instead of the actual image. And pictures of spiders or other things I don't want to see. Unfortunately you'd have to right-click and select to block every single image you want to hide, but that also makes sure you don't miss something you would have wanted to see. Share this post Link to post
Posted July 31, 2017 AdBlock Plus is what I've been using, but it doesn't work if the images are on a randomizer. And some of them must be using something else as well, because no matter what I do, they still show up.. much like TJ's 'subscription ads', I'd like to turn those off too, but the only way is to turn off ALL DC images and that includes all the egg/hatchling/dragon sprites. So while I know TJ isn't going to fix it where I can turn off his 'subscription ads'... I do ask that player animated images have a setting to turn OFF. It's either that or I start campaigning to remove ALL animated images from DC, or find a limit of some kind that reduces their impact. Share this post Link to post
Posted July 31, 2017 I've personally never used it, but try "Stylish", there are probably codes/html that turn off animations and you can customize it for each website, so, lets say, you want to be able to see animation on Deviantart, but not here, you can use it. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) You can stop them from playing or looping by using extensions or changing settings, depending on which browser you use. Here are the results of a quick search: -Chrome: "Animation Policy" by Google Accessibility -Firefox: "ESCape From Them GIFs" by pulpe020 -IE: Gear icon -> Internet options -> Advanced -> Uncheck "Play animations in webpages*" Edited August 1, 2017 by 11th Typo. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 1, 2017 The forums don't have any specific mechanism for turning off animated GIFs. I've found the following browser addon to be useful: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-animated-gifs/?src=userprofile Hovering over an animated image will still play it, but otherwise they start off paused. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 1, 2017 AWESOME ! Thanks TJ - now I only have to "hide" the extraordinarily nasty ones ! Share this post Link to post
Posted August 1, 2017 Thanks TJ.. I've got the addon installed now, we'll see how it works. Share this post Link to post
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