How to stop avatars from animating?

[A Keymaker]

Is there a way to freeze avatars using GIFs? Maybe with some CSS code?

All those animated graphics are simply annoying and simply distracting when trying to read and understand codes. I already hid for myself Smilies with such CSS adjustment:

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.smiley-box img
{
width: 0;
height: 0;
}

[swagfag]

u can block the loading of gifs in ur adblocker of choice

or u can paint the first frame of the gif atop the gif, then delete the gif with some js:

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Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('img.avatar[src$=".gif"]')).map(img => {
	let c = document.createElement('canvas')
	c.width = img.width
	c.height = img.height

	img.parentElement.insertBefore(c, img)
	c.getContext('2d').drawImage(img, 0, 0, img.width, img.height)
	img.remove()
})

[tank]

ucp.php?i=ucp_prefs&mode=view

just use the settings n disable avatars. css cannoot manipulate gifs

[A Keymaker]

[...]
use the settings n disable avatars .

But avatars are very usefull, when scrolling through long topics with many posts

css cannoot manipulate gifs

That's just too bad

It seems I will have to use java or some plugin

[tidbit]

Ah, the ooooold Opera browser, and its new version, Vivaldi.
has 2385723 options without addons. It's glorious.
One such feature:


Though, this would affect all sites.

[A Keymaker]

I only found one lame use-unfriendly plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggleanigif/

And as refuse to switch to using other web-browser just because a forum allows for its avatars to be stuck in the 1990s, I recon I will have to use some JavaScript manager, that will allow me to apply a rule only to such forum

[tank]

allows for its avatars to be stuck in the 1990s

Because you cant pay attention? are you a cat? Animations are a facet of web sites and applications everywhere, do you have trouble driving with animated billboards or business signs?
the fact that there is no mainstream way to prevent animations is a pretty good indicator that you are amongst an extreme minority of people with such issues. the fact that you can disable avatars as a user preference but refuse to do that is an indicator that maybe you need to be the one that solves this problem for all 5 ppl on the planet with such requirements.

[A Keymaker]

allows for its avatars to be stuck in the 1990s

Because you cant pay attention? are you a cat?

No

I am a grownup who does not succumb to infantile things

Animations are a facet of web sites and applications everywhere, do you have trouble driving with animated billboards or business signs?

When I drive I usually do not read texts in foreign language and / or try to decipher lines of code with my limited programming skills

the fact that there is no mainstream way to prevent animations is a pretty good indicator that you are amongst an extreme minority of people with such issues.
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problem for all 5 ppl on the planet with such requirements.

But if I am subscribed to as much as 14 other forums of which all 14 do not allow for usage of animated avatars, then there'd have to be some kind of miracle to allow me for encountering such cosmological chance. Ergo: this must be another Matrix glitch. But let me just consult this with my 5 friends and I will get back to you on that

[joedf]

Locking this topic. Solutions have been suggested and I believe the continued discussion is no longer productive or relevant to the topic at hand.