Gif Delayer

Gif Delayer delays playing gifs until they are fully downloaded.
What is Gif Delayer?
'Gif Delayer' is a Chrome extension designed to solve that annoying problem of gifs starting to play before they're fully downloaded. It hides gifs until they load completely, ensuring a smoother and uninterrupted viewing experience. It is continually updated, fixing issues and enhancing performance for a quality user experience.

Extension stats

Users: 7,000+
Rating: 3.69 (132)
Version: 0.1.1 (Last updated: 2015-03-04)
Creation date: 2015-03-03
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • *://*/
Size: 110.59K

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Extension summary

Gif Delayer solves one of the dumbest first-world problems by hiding all gifs until they have fully loaded. Never again will you have to see stuttering gifs that start playing before being fully downloaded. And you will no longer have to wait until a gif loops to see the beginning.

0.1.1

  • Fix issue with gif urls not showing gif and prevent fetching of 'undefined' images.

0.1.0

  • display gif's total size while loading when available

0.0.9

  • fix bug preventing standalone gifs from ever loading

0.0.8

  • fix bug overriding default gif styling on certain websites

0.0.7

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • The only delayer around the net!
  • Does its job when it works.
  • L'app fa il suo dovere
  • buena
Cons
  • Breaks emojis in WhatsApp Web chat windows.
  • Prevents LinkedIn from loading.
  • Glitches out website layouts and causes images to not load.
  • Completely disables images on some sites, such as Wikia.
  • Bugs wherein gifs or images do not load on some pages.
Most mentioned
  • Breaks most images on Wikia.
  • Prevents LinkedIn from loading.
  • Indeed, used to work but now only glitches-out website layouts.
Recent reviews
breaks emojis in whatsapp web chat windows (but not the chat list).
by Oswald Buddenhagen, 2023-02-03

The only delayer around the net! Hope that you can keep it running!
by kliop00023, 2021-06-01

bu uygulamadan hiç bir şey anlamadım
by Bay Draken, 2020-10-24
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Gif Delayer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Gif Delayer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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