Verm wrote:
> I pathologically hate animated buttons, and any use of animated gifs in 
> webpages.

If you're using Firefox, you can eliminate them with the following 
procedure:

In the address (URL) box, type "about:config" (without the quotes).

This brings up a list of ALL the available Firefox options, many of 
which are not available in any of the menus.  Scroll down to 
"image.animation_mode", double-click on it, then in the "Enter String 
Value" dialog box that pops up change the "normal" to "once" or "none" 
(without the quotes, of course).  None give you no animation and once 
lets it cycle once before it quits.  Naturally, this only affects 
animated gifs, no other animations, but it does reduce some distracting 
eye-candy.

Flash animations can be eliminated with one of the standard Firefox 
extensions.  Click Tools->Extensions, then click on "get more 
extensions" in the lower right corner of the dialog box.  Search for and 
install "Flashblock".  All Flash animations are replaced with an "f" 
icon which changes to a triangle with a mouse-over.  Clicking on this 
triangle will let the Flash play, so it gives you the option of seeing 
it if it's the main purpose of the web site, or ignoring it if it's an ad.

BTW, I got this information from the book "don't click on the blue e! 
switching to firefox" (and yes, the title is all lower case).  It's an 
O'Reilly book by Scott Granneman, and is an excellent user reference for 
Firefox.

      -=- Larry -=-

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