
With a click of Shift+Esc, background animations on a page should cease. If you prefer a software solution, download the SuperStop extension for Firefox. The downside here is you can't ever get the file to play later without reverting the settings.
In the next box, type ether "once," so the animated GIFs only get one chance to play, or "none" so they never can. Find "image.animation" using the search box (just type "anim"). Click "I accept the risk!" when it comes up. Type "about:config" in the address bar. The folks at Mozilla were smart to incorporate an option to turn off auto-play animations in Firefox. (We even placed an animated GIF on this very page down under the IE section that you can use to test things out. Here's how to put a stop to the show, browser by browser.
It's not always a straightforward thing like stopping autoplay videos, since an animated GIF is an image file-it just happens to have multiple frames that play in sequence. It's best to prevent the animations happening without your permission. But they're usually also big downloads, which can be a real drag on your connection while you wait. The upside is that if they're animated GIFs, at least they're silent.
It's a crime against humanity and should be stopped. We've all been to web pages where animations start auto-playing without permission.
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