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: 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

Ranking

# 11791 ▼ 614

Other rankings

#330 in Art & Design ▼ 3 #17 in gif keyword 25 ▲ 4 #84 in loading keyword 20 ▼ 3 #131 in prevent keyword 25 ▼ 5 #182 in hover keyword 10 ▼ 12

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

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

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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).

Oswald Buddenhagen, 2023-02-03

The only delayer around the net! Hope that you can keep it running!

kliop00023, 2021-06-01

bu uygulamadan hiç bir şey anlamadım

Bay Draken, 2020-10-24

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Extension 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.