April 13, 20197 yr Some people have animated avatars, but I find they make the actual content of the page incredibly difficult to read — they're like particularly bad banner ads, but you can't scroll them away because they're right next to what you're trying to read. I have added a particularly bad example to an ad-blocker just to get it off my screen, but that is not a particularly scalable solution Would it be possible to have a per-user config setting which would render just the first frame of these avatars, so those of us who can't read content with them around can still use the forum without breaking things for people who like them? (I assume there are people who like having animations all over the place — I'd happily disable them completely — but see https://alistapart.com/article/accessibility-for-vestibular/ for an example of why they should be optional.) Thanks!
April 13, 20197 yr The only usable option I have seen is to entirely ignore or block users with animated avatars, because of the forum's lack of display avatar options.
December 9, 20223 yr I know it's an old thread. But if you're using Firefox you can do that: about:config > image.animation_mode http://kb.mozillazine.org/Animated_images
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