Re:It's time to replace GIFs with AV1 video
by izzydata on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:02PM
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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.
No, the point is control. You have no idea what I need.
Re:It's time to replace GIFs with AV1 video
by ddingus on Thursday May 09, 2019 @10:19PM
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Most people require much less.
Re:It's time to replace GIFs with AV1 video
by judge2020 on Thursday May 09, 2019 @10:28PM
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What is your current solution to autoplaying, unpausable gifs?
Case by case basis ublock origin and permanently remove the gif from showing up in my browser ever again.
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.
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.