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For God's sake man, don't leave a huge, fast gif infinitely looping where I can see it while trying to read your blog post. Make it activate after I scroll down
by rndmize 10y ago
For God's sake man, don't leave a huge, fast gif infinitely looping where I can see it while trying to read your blog post. Make it activate after I scroll down to a certain point, or on hover, or anything that doesn't make me feel like I'm trying to read through a strobe light.
- dictum 10y agoHonestly, gifs in blog posts instantly add 50 years to my age. Before you give me the No Fun Allowed badge, let me explain: I'm probably reading your post because I'm searching for something, in a hurry (software: it breaks apart!). When I see a gif or beat-up meme in a software-related post, it does the opposite of lightening the mood.
- SquareWheel 10y agoIt also does the opposite of lightening the page load. The amount of bandwidth I've wasted due to silly animated gifs...
- metafunctor 10y agoI'm still waiting for the Chrome extension which loops gifs only when I hover on them.
- striking 10y agoThis exists, although it only works when you press Escape: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stop-animations/gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda# https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stop-animations/ge... It works by taking a screenshot and layering it over the page until you try scrolling or hit Escape again.
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoI don't think hover would be very intuitive. Scrolling is probably the best bet here IMO though I didn't mind it as is.
- notwaldorf 10y agoSorry about that! I've changed them to just links!
- a3n 10y agoI think I've seen play buttons on gifs ...