I can't be the only one who disabled GIF animations in his browser
(Firefox > about:config > image.animation_mode > once). This is what your avatar looks like on my screen:
https://s18.postimg.org/rolaxuhjt/example.gifIf you change your animation sequence in such a way that the last frame is what you would choose as a static avatar, your avatar would also be visible to someone like me.
Wow, thanks for your input. Didn't know people disabled animated images. I would have to test to see which frame is taken up as static image for such browsers, because it is not the last frame.
Actually, user-agents which disable, inhibit, or do not support APNG may instead display only the
first frame; and for software which does not support APNG, you may use an image which does not appear in the animation at all. Thus, I see at least three different cases, the last two of which may overlap:
1. Software which is configured to disable looping, and will stop on the
last frame.
2. Software which stops on the
first frame.
3. Software which does not support APNG, and will always display the image in the IDAT. This includes Microsoft browsers, and older Chrome/Blink-based browsers (
reference). Depending on how you construct the APNG, the IDAT may be the first frame; or it may not appear in the animation at all. The difference is determined by whether the first fcTL chunk appears before or after IDAT. This allows use of a separately designed fallback image.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/APNG_SpecificationP.S., LoyceV, thanks for the tip. I didn’t know that option. My forum experience will henceforth be less annoying. Now, if only there were a means to make the browser strip Unicode emoji 💩 from subject lines. 🔥 👿 🔥