GIF Control

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• Fixed an issue that could cause the browser tab to freeze when opening certain modals containing embedded YouTube videos.
• Prevented GIF Control from running inside embedded YouTube and YouTube No-Cookie video players, which are outside the extension’s animated-image scope.
• Ensured GIF Control resumes normal image scanning after closing affected modals containing embedded YouTube videos.

• A code review assisted by the newly released GPT-6 Astra model found and fixed 7 previously undiscovered bugs.
• Restored native right-click image options, including Save Image As.
• Improved reliability when turning GIF Control off and back on.

• A code review assisted by the newly released GPT-6 Astra model found and fixed 7 previously undiscovered bugs:
  1. Improved restoration of original images when turning GIF Control off, preserving their event listeners and visibility.
  2. Fixed images being skipped after re-enabling GIF Control when animation detection was still pending.
  3. Improved cleanup when websites remove controlled images, including playback buttons, event listeners, and temporary layout changes.
  4. Fixed animated SVG detection for embedded objects using relative URLs.
  5. Fixed restoration of embedded SVG objects when loading fails or GIF Control is turned off during loading.
  6. Prevented duplicate processing of temporary images used to control embedded SVG objects.
  7. Improved recovery from temporary network failures during animation detection, with limited retries instead of permanently treating failed requests as static images.
• Restored native right-click image options for controlled images, including saving the original animated file.
• Fixed layout issues that could add extra space below controlled images or cause them to cover overlapping page elements.

• Added support for:
  • Animated SVG images
  • Animated PNG images (APNG)
  • Animated GIFV images
• Added compact playback controls for very small images.

• Added support for animated PNG images (APNG).
• Added support for animated GIFV images.
• Added support for animated SVG images.
• Preserved original-quality first frames for controlled animated SVGs.
• Added Play and Stop playback for script-driven SVG animations.
• Improved detection of animated images behind opaque, proxied, extensionless, and canonical URLs. Thanks to Lynxalon for reporting the issue.
• Prevented supported animated images from briefly playing while loading.
• Added support for animated CSS background images.
• Preserved masks and rounded shapes when controlling animated images.
• Standardized Play button size, pill shape, typography, opacity, positioning, and hover state.
• Added compact playback controls for very small images.
• Prevented website styles from stretching, fading, italicizing, or reshaping playback controls.
• Changed playback so animations can only be started or stopped using the Play/Stop button.
• Fixed layout regressions in positioned and masonry-style image grids.
• Fixed hover-triggered animated images on some sites.
• Fixed animated avatars on some sites while preserving their circular masks.

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• Fixed GIF detection for image URLs where .gif or .webp is followed by URL-encoded separators, ensuring playback controls are added on sites that proxy or encode animated image URLs.

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• Added a bounded LRU cache for animation status checks to prevent unbounded memory growth
• Kept image animation detection requests credential-free with credentials: “omit”

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• Fixed an issue where some React/Next.js sites could fail to render correctly while GIF Control was enabled.

Fixed a critical issue where Google Maps could show a blank map while GIF Control was enabled.

• Fixed a critical issue where Google Maps could show a blank map while GIF Control was enabled
• Reduced aggressive handling of WebP images so regular site images, map tiles, and app UI assets are less likely to be hidden during animation checks

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• Firefox-only update.
• Fixed the Firefox manifest by removing the duplicate optional all-sites host permission
• Restored the Firefox permission behavior used in v1.1.3, where all-sites access is requested as a required install permission
• Kept the v1.1.4 GIF Control fixes unchanged for Firefox

LinkedIn is now excluded from GIF Control because the content script could prevent logged-in company profile pages from loading.

• Excluded linkedin.com from GIF Control injection to avoid a logged-in LinkedIn loading failure on company profile pages
• Added support for animated GIF/WebP images inside open shadow DOM components
• Added delayed page rescans so animations created late by custom elements are still detected
• Preserved component layout attributes when replacing animated images inside web components
• Added a fallback stopped state when a still frame cannot be drawn because of cross-origin canvas restrictions
• Matched Play/Stop button styling inside shadow DOM with the standard GIF Control button style
• Hardened Play/Stop button color so site CSS cannot make the icon or label unreadable
• Prevented site hover styles from underlining Play/Stop button text

Animated images are less likely to play for a split second while a page is loading.

• Hardened animated image detection by validating GIF/WebP URLs, removing credentialed background fetches, adding request limits, and bounding the detection cache
• Fixed Play controls when site overlays were blocking interaction with stopped animations
• Reduced brief autoplay flashes on dynamically loaded GIF grids and infinite-scroll pages
• Improved handling of animated WebP sources inside picture elements
• Fixed a duplicate popup link ID for the Changelog link

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• Firefox-only update
• Fixed Play activation on Firefox for Android

Firefox for Android compatibility.

• Firefox-only update
• Added Firefox for Android compatibility

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• Improved playback controls on linked GIF cards and hover-based image tiles
• Fixed Play so it no longer triggers parent links or modals
• Excluded YouTube hover thumbnail previews from GIF Control detection
• Prevented Play/Stop text from inheriting all-caps styles on some sites and embeds

Initial release of GIF Control.

• Autoplay prevention for animated GIF and WebP images.
• First-frame preview for stopped animated images.
• Play and Stop controls directly on animated images.
• Browser popup to enable or disable GIF Control.
• Local-only behavior with no analytics, tracking, or remote code.