[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 23945] Please add a function to WebKit to stop all in-progress GIF animations (on the current page only)

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23945


Brian K. White <bw.aljex at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #14 from Brian K. White <bw.aljex at gmail.com>  2011-07-27 20:45:40 PST ---
They aren't just unsightly.
They kill batteries and remote desktop connections.

Yet, I want to use Chrome for many other reasons. If I can't handle the expense of animated gifs, I certainly can't handle the even greater expense of running Firefox.

I notice the Android browser does not play animated gifs!

What does the Chromebook do? I know the iPad plays them and I know it costs significant cpu and battery.
If you don't care about me, maybe you care about making the Chromebook and iPad as good as possible?

A single animated gif will increase my cpu usage on an otherwise idle Vaio P from 1%-4% to 12%-20%. One single not-very-large gif. Under the best of circumstances this device only gets between 3-4 hours of run time even with the extra capacity battery. 

It's a real problem.

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