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Any application that doesn't allow me to stop something from being annoying, will be stopped from being annoying by being uninstalled. If browsers made it such

by __jal 7y ago

Any application that doesn't allow me to stop something from being annoying, will be stopped from being annoying by being uninstalled. If browsers made it such that I couldn't not stop .gif animations (or playing video, or...), I would trash that browser. Bluntly, you do not get to control my computer.

izzydata 7y ago
The point is that they are more images than videos. They have no possible way to contain sounds so the annoyingness is limited to having unwanted images in your browser. You can tell your browser to block a particular still image. You can do the same thing to block a GIF. You don't need a pause/play feature on a 2-5 second sequence.
- __jal 7y ago
  No, the point is control. You have no idea what I need.
  - ddingus 7y ago
    Most people require much less.
  - judge2020 7y ago
    What is your current solution to autoplaying, unpausable gifs?
    - Kaiyou 7y ago
      Case by case basis ublock origin and permanently remove the gif from showing up in my browser ever again.
- pferde 7y ago
  If that 2-5 second animated sequence is smack dab in the middle of an article I'm trying to read, because the author is trying to be "cool" and "in with the internets" by including some popular animated meme macro? You bet your bellybutton that I need to be able to stop it from distracting my eyes from the text. Human sight has evolved to be attracted to movement.