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I wonder what conversation at bloomberg resulted in adding all of those extremely distracting (and annoying) animated gifs..

by zoidb 10y ago

igvadaimon 10y ago
I found them wonderful.
- Taylor_OD 10y ago
  Yeah I enjoy all the stuff they have done to make the pages interesting. When I just need to focus on the text I use Speedy Readie.
glaberficken 10y ago
We seem to have come full circle since <blink>
daveguy 10y ago
Holy crap that is annoying. Is there a way to pause all animated gifs in chrome? Congratulations, Bloomberg, you captured the essence of a Geocities site. This has to be a not so subtle graphic design joke.
- neogodless 10y ago
  I opened up Chrome Developer tools and added img { display: none } which hides everything but the top banner, which you can scroll past ;)
  - ceagrass 10y ago
    Good call. Add in a * { background: none !important } and you're golden.
  - ajford 10y ago
    I have uBlock Origin, and it was as simple as right-click>Block Element and selecting the suggestion of amazon_echo_animation_.gif The filter for the curious: ||www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-amazon-echo/amazon_echo_animation_*.gif
- bildung 10y ago
  There are several extensions, I use Gif Jam, which only plays animated gifs on demand. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bclnijbemellankmoaafepibbboobalb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bclnijbemellankmoa...
- coldpie 10y ago
  For Firefox users, I recommend the Toggle Animated GIFs add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-animated-gifs/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-animat... Other useful config settings: image.animation_mode, media.autoplay.enabled
Mwatson10 10y ago
I agree with you, however I did enjoy opening up the developer console in Firefox and deleting all of the obnoxious background.
- daveguy 10y ago
  Thank you! That works for chrome too. Right-click => inspect, then on the highlighted line the inspection window right-click => delete element.
  - gambiting 10y ago
    Even quicker - right click->block element in Ad block Plus. Done. I too found them extremely distracting to a point where I couldn't read the text.
  - _asummers 10y ago
    This works on Pinterest, too, for their obnoxious sign up black screen.
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bvm 10y ago
Bloomberg has really gone off the deep end of the design pool. It seemed to start with those somewhat janky, but pretty nice zero-padded headline overlays on the pics, and culminated in this: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-design/ http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-design/ which...well.
- dbbk 10y ago
  CHRIST
- GCA10 10y ago
  Big budget syndrome. If you've got $200 million to make a movie, the bridges MUST blow up. Bloomberg stands alone among U.S. media companies as a place with lots of available cash for whatever projects catch the top folks' fancy.
  - GeechieCloud 10y ago
    Hahahaha. I'm picturing HBO Silicon Valley 'doors go like this' guys look of disappointment if he funded a film for $200m and nothing blew up.
turaw 10y ago
I've been using Animation Policy [1] to only play gifs through once and it's worked pretty well so far (in contradiction to the reviews on the chrome store). edit: Except, apparently, on that site. [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/animation-policy/ncigbofjfbodhkaffojakplpmnleeoee https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/animation-policy/n...
Merad 10y ago
Annoying gifs seems to be the popular thing at the moment. I've backed several Kickstarter campaigns recently and every single one of them fills their status update posts with stupid gifs.
- suprfsat 10y ago
  I wonder what would happen if you stopped paying for gifs?
nxzero 10y ago
If you like that gif, checkout Bloomberg's 404 gif... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11527578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11527578
- legitster 10y ago
  This made my day.
madelinecameron 10y ago
I got yelled at and downvoted on Reddit because I said their "What is Code" article was a horrific disaster of design http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-cod... CW: REALLY BRIGHT COLORS, LARGE TEXT AND ANNOYING GIFS.
- galistoca 10y ago
  Congrats, here's one person who agrees with you. It's like Bloomberg has given some hipster interns full access to design the website. They probably think it's so awesome that they're using all the dynamic components
rootbear 10y ago
Amen! I had to cover them up so I could read the damn article.

I wonder what conversation at bloomberg resulted in adding all of those extremely distracting (and annoying) animated gifs..

by zoidb 10y ago

I wonder what conversation at bloomberg resulted in adding all of those extremely distracting (and annoying) animated gifs..

igvadaimon 10y ago

I found them wonderful.

Taylor_OD 10y ago
Yeah I enjoy all the stuff they have done to make the pages interesting. When I just need to focus on the text I use Speedy Readie.

glaberficken 10y ago

We seem to have come full circle since <blink>

daveguy 10y ago

Holy crap that is annoying. Is there a way to pause all animated gifs in chrome? Congratulations, Bloomberg, you captured the essence of a Geocities site. This has to be a not so subtle graphic design joke.

neogodless 10y ago
I opened up Chrome Developer tools and added img { display: none } which hides everything but the top banner, which you can scroll past ;)
- ceagrass 10y ago
  Good call. Add in a * { background: none !important } and you're golden.
- ajford 10y ago
  I have uBlock Origin, and it was as simple as right-click>Block Element and selecting the suggestion of amazon_echo_animation_.gif The filter for the curious: ||www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-amazon-echo/amazon_echo_animation_*.gif
bildung 10y ago
There are several extensions, I use Gif Jam, which only plays animated gifs on demand. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bclnijbemellankmoaafepibbboobalb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bclnijbemellankmoa...
coldpie 10y ago
For Firefox users, I recommend the Toggle Animated GIFs add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-animated-gifs/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-animat... Other useful config settings: image.animation_mode, media.autoplay.enabled

Mwatson10 10y ago

I agree with you, however I did enjoy opening up the developer console in Firefox and deleting all of the obnoxious background.

daveguy 10y ago
Thank you! That works for chrome too. Right-click => inspect, then on the highlighted line the inspection window right-click => delete element.
- gambiting 10y ago
  Even quicker - right click->block element in Ad block Plus. Done. I too found them extremely distracting to a point where I couldn't read the text.
- _asummers 10y ago
  This works on Pinterest, too, for their obnoxious sign up black screen.

deleted 10y ago

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bvm 10y ago

Bloomberg has really gone off the deep end of the design pool. It seemed to start with those somewhat janky, but pretty nice zero-padded headline overlays on the pics, and culminated in this: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-design/ http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-design/ which...well.

dbbk 10y ago
CHRIST
GCA10 10y ago
Big budget syndrome. If you've got $200 million to make a movie, the bridges MUST blow up. Bloomberg stands alone among U.S. media companies as a place with lots of available cash for whatever projects catch the top folks' fancy.
- GeechieCloud 10y ago
  Hahahaha. I'm picturing HBO Silicon Valley 'doors go like this' guys look of disappointment if he funded a film for $200m and nothing blew up.

turaw 10y ago

I've been using Animation Policy [1] to only play gifs through once and it's worked pretty well so far (in contradiction to the reviews on the chrome store). edit: Except, apparently, on that site. [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/animation-policy/ncigbofjfbodhkaffojakplpmnleeoee https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/animation-policy/n...

Merad 10y ago

Annoying gifs seems to be the popular thing at the moment. I've backed several Kickstarter campaigns recently and every single one of them fills their status update posts with stupid gifs.

suprfsat 10y ago
I wonder what would happen if you stopped paying for gifs?

nxzero 10y ago

If you like that gif, checkout Bloomberg's 404 gif... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11527578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11527578

legitster 10y ago
This made my day.

madelinecameron 10y ago

I got yelled at and downvoted on Reddit because I said their "What is Code" article was a horrific disaster of design http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-cod... CW: REALLY BRIGHT COLORS, LARGE TEXT AND ANNOYING GIFS.

galistoca 10y ago
Congrats, here's one person who agrees with you. It's like Bloomberg has given some hipster interns full access to design the website. They probably think it's so awesome that they're using all the dynamic components

rootbear 10y ago

Amen! I had to cover them up so I could read the damn article.