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

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 11813 ▲ 8

Other rankings

#303 in Art & Design ▼ 1 #1 in gif keyword 18 ▲ 6 #65 in loading keyword 21 ▲ 10 #158 in prevent keyword 9 ▲ 4 #176 in hover keyword 28 ▲ 3

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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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

Only available gif delayer
Works well on certain platforms
Used to function properly

Cons

Breaks image loading on some websites like Wikia, LinkedIn, Whatsapp web etc.
Causes layout glitches on some websites
Does not delay .gif and .gifv files
Disables images on some websites

Most mentioned

Causes issues on some websites
Does not delay gifs
Used to work well
Displaces content on some websites

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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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.