Animated gifs aren't animated.

[elibb]

For some reason no animated gifs are animated on my computer.

I have windows 98se and IE 6.

This includes all the CFC smilies but the following three work::aargh3:

Any ideas?

 

[starlifter]

Yes.

You can set the animated options in MS IE.

Tools ---> Internet Options ---> Advanced

you will get a popup like this:

Just check/uncheck the Animated box as you please....

 

[elibb]

I had it enabled:

 

[Thunderfall]

Do you have a firewall program such as AtGuard or Norton Internet Security running? If not configured correctly, sometimes those programs stop animations after a few seconds.

 

[elibb]

Hmmm, it was ZoneAlarm and its adblocking. Its mostly fixed now.

Some of the smilies I thought were animated still aren't, including the following:

 

[Maple]

Is this in your browser or in a image viewer program? Some viewers (like paint) don't support animated gifs.

 

[damunzy]

Originally posted by Maple
Is this in your browser or in a image viewer program? Some viewers (like paint) don't support animated gifs.

I would guess that he is talking about IE since some of them show up plus he referenced IE6.

My standard reply: Reload the OS.