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I have an annimated gif as an avatar on birdforum.net that I can see on IE, but not on Firefox.

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steffro1
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When I changed my still image to an animated gif I created I can see it on Birdforum.net on Internet Explorer (default browser) but on Firefox I don't see the new avatar. Why not?

When I changed my still image to an animated gif I created I can see it on Birdforum.net on Internet Explorer (default browser) but on Firefox I don't see the new avatar. Why not?

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finitarry
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Check the setting in about:config.

image.animation_mode - should be normal to see animation

cor-el
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See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Animated_images