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"View Image Info" Now Causes Gifs to Animate...

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MarjaE
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I am using Firefox 46.0.1. I did not encounter this bug before this update.

I have sensory processing issues. Flashing, zooming, parallax, etc. animation can trigger migraines, and flashing safety signals have triggered seizures, possibly due to the Bucha effect/flicker vertigo. I don't have epilepsy.

I currently use QuickJava to block Gifs and Flash and sometimes block Javascript.

Unfortunately, if I try to "view image info," it no longer blocks Gifs. So instead of seeing the image info, I see pain.

I don't know where the change is.

I am using Firefox 46.0.1. I did not encounter this bug before this update. I have sensory processing issues. Flashing, zooming, parallax, etc. animation can trigger migraines, and flashing safety signals have triggered seizures, possibly due to the Bucha effect/flicker vertigo. I don't have epilepsy. I currently use QuickJava to block Gifs and Flash and sometimes block Javascript. Unfortunately, if I try to "view image info," it no longer blocks Gifs. So instead of seeing the image info, I see pain. I don't know where the change is.

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FredMcD
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

cor-el
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It has always been the case that you restart an animation if you select (highlight) an animated GIF image in "Tools > Page Info > Media" AFAIK. I use this to restart an animation that has finished as I use the 'once' value for image.animation_mode

See also SuperStop (Shift+Esc):

MarjaE
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I can't use safe mode because it doesn't block gifs [or the other animations].

I used to be able to use "view image info," without triggering gifs.