Re:Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since t...
by fc417fc802 on Monday June 08, 2026 @08:54PM
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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.
Re:Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since t...
by xerox13ster on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:30PM
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> 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.
Not surprised that it’s gone.
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://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208916