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.

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By: Raymond May Jr.

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Users: 8,216 ▲ 74

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

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 10923 ▼ 39

Other rankings

#258 in Art & Design ▲ 1

#3 in gif keyword 30 ▲ 1

#5 in loading keyword 70

#140 in hover keyword 41 ▼ 2

#156 in prevent keyword 48 ▲ 1

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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

Summary

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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

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

The only delayer available
Used to function well
Excellent for forums

Cons

Causes images not to load on some sites
Breaks image loading on Kinja and Tumblr
Breaks emojis in WhatsApp web chat
Causes layout glitches on websites
GIFs still choppy

Most mentioned

Works fine previously, but recently causing issues
Breaks images on certain websites
Used to work but now causing glitches

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Safety

Risk impact

Gif Delayer is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Gif Delayer if you trust the publisher.