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As title. There's an option in the settings menu to disable animations. However GIF image posts animate in thumbnail view regardless.

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[–] Aarrodri 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love it.. what's the down side? Maybe. NSFW stuff?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. Movement is very insistent on grabbing attention. To the extent that I find it difficult to focus and read text when there's an animation happening nearby. YMMV, we all experience things differently
  2. Yeah NSFW stuff. But in the broader sense - gore, violence, shock imagery. I'm a baby and I don't want to see that.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've always wondered what that option does. Couldn't figure it out yet 😃

[–] mykl 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From reviewing the code it removes the transition animation when you click on an image to view it full screen (saving you 0.2 of a second). I think it was added when that animation wasn’t working correctly. Maybe it’s time to repurpose it now we’re actually seeing gifs being used a little more…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ohhhh. Maybe it's to disable some animated UI feature or something? In that case I have a feature request to add an option to disable animations in thumbnails.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I tried turning it off, but the UI was behaving exactly the same as when it was turned on. (even after app restart) So, I don't know what that option is suppose to control :)