I built a browser extension that stops animated images such as GIFs by default.
I've always found it annoying that browsers autoplay animated images, and there still isn't a built-in way to control that behavior.
The extension shows the first frame and adds a play/stop button directly on the image.
What started as a personal utility ended up being published on the Firefox and Chrome extension stores. It's still a small project, but it solved a problem I had every day.
> I've always found it annoying that browsers autoplay animated images, and there still isn't a built-in way to control that behavior.
When I first started daily driving Linux in 2011, this was the default behavior of konqueror, Firefox, librewolf, and opera.
I would have to set a flag in the software to get it to autoplay videos and gifs. They would just load with a warning message in the render space that said click to load auto play video.
Nice, this means ebay will be usable for me again. A while back they started permitting videos instead of pictures for the thumbnails of certain products and I pretty much stopped browsing the site. As if online retails websites weren't bad enough already.
> I previously posted a Show HN about it, but it didn't get traction
FYI your linked submission is marked as dead. Not sure if that's a problem with your account or not. You should email the HN mods.
I've always found it annoying that browsers autoplay animated images, and there still isn't a built-in way to control that behavior.
The extension shows the first frame and adds a play/stop button directly on the image.
What started as a personal utility ended up being published on the Firefox and Chrome extension stores. It's still a small project, but it solved a problem I had every day.
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gif-control/
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/gif-control/nhoihin...
Bug reports and feedback are very welcome.
Disclaimer: I previously posted a Show HN about it, but it didn't get traction [1].
[1] https://qqrl.tk/item?id=48208916