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phantom power

(25,966 posts) Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:11 PM Nov 2015

A guide to halting animated gifs in a browser

There are some people irritated by animated signatures. Here's a way to stop them:

http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Animated-Images-in-a-Browser

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A guide to halting animated gifs in a browser (Original Post) phantom power Nov 2015 OP

Kewl! They stop all animated gifs, so... TreasonousBastard Nov 2015 #1

If they can find a way to block Facebook, I would be eternally grateful. Xyzse Nov 2015 #2

it is possible to disable javascript from specific sites. phantom power Nov 2015 #3

Yeah, I've done that sometimes. Xyzse Nov 2015 #4

Thanks- is there a way to keep videos from auto loading? TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #5

TreasonousBastard

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1. Kewl! They stop all animated gifs, so...

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:17 PM

Nov 2015

they should help a lot of webpages load faster.

Now, if I could find out how to get rid of the clickbait stuff without blocking things i might want to see...

Xyzse

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2. If they can find a way to block Facebook, I would be eternally grateful.

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:41 PM

Nov 2015

Seriously, I blame FB for the slow down of the Internets.

They are connected to almost everything, and since so many sites has to load something attached to FB, it just screws stuff up.

I still remember the great FB fiasco a few years back where FB was down and it locked down a lot of sites that have FB in their coding, particularly for those who are logged on.

Thankfully, I don't have a FB, but it still slows many sites I visit.

FB irritates me far more than a random gif does.