Chrome animation

I have just started using Chrome.
I like it a lot, but...
I'd like to turn off animations.
My searches so far indicate that they can't be toggled off.
I like a forum experience (for one thing) without a bunch of moving, flashing, blinking avatars.
Animations in any browser windows are something I don't care to see.
So far, there appears to be no way to turn off animations in Chrome.
I can only hope I've overlooked the obvious!

 

Perhaps adblock plus filters can be used somehow.

I really don't know. Chrome isn't what I would consider customizable in terms of UI/ formatting.

 

I never had all this spinning and blinking crap in IE, but I ran it for so long, I can't recall what (if anything) I did to silence all the bling bling.

 

Unfortunately, that's something users have been requesting since late 2008, at least. -http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=3628cdbdde306762&hl=en -http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=4930f052cd70a056&hl=en

Google doesn't seem to consider worth having such an option? Together with iframes, it's the only thing that annoys me in Chromium/Chrome.

 

Maybe I don't visit many sites with those animations, but I don't recall seeing that many of them using Chromium. I have been using Flashblock and Adblock extensions, I don't know if that would help with what you are seeing or not. I used to use proxomitron for such things.

Give me a link and I will check it to see what might be differing from you.

Sul.

 

Hi Sul

Well On every Wilders Reply to Thread page (like the one I am typing on now), the smilies are animated in the right-side pane. Not so in IE8.

On dslreports, there are animated avatars. Not with IE8.

And on this animation page, a jellyfish, scorpion and worm are all wiggling and squirming in a Chrome window, but in my IE8, no movement.

I believe the difference is because in IE8, I have Play animations in webpages unchecked in Options.

 

You are correct, I see them with Chromium using adblock and flashblock.

On Kmeleon and Opera I would always disable animations and sound, or really all multimedia stuff. I must not be paying enough attention when using Chromium. Maybe I am so used to seeing the ads and flash boxes as disabled I did not pay much attention to the animations. If I had to choose I would rather not see the ads/flashboxes and see the animations I guess, at least until chromium supports disabling animation.

Sul.

 

Even some Wilders avatars are animated.
It's purely personal preference.
When I was using IE8, and browsing was slower, I suppose that I figured turning off animations might help with the page loads.
Maybe that's how I initially got started shutting off animations.
Then I grew to prefer not seeing all the bling bling.
I find it distracting more than anything.

 

Tell me about it. This isn't the answer, but you can disable avatars for Wilders Security Forums, in you User CP settings.

 

I like avatars... that hold still.