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Why do animated gif images take so long to load?

Why do simple animated gif images take so long to load before they start animating smoothly in a browser, even when the file size is smaller than the cumulative file size of other non-animated image files that have already loaded on the same page?

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Simpleton Avatar asked Jan 15 '12 20:01

Simpleton


1 Answers

Simpleton, check out this link, it seems to be a common issue: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=295 and: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=478663&start=0

From skimming these two links, it seems that 1) either the design of the browser limits the FPS of gifs or 2) your browser uses a webkit that loads gifs slowly, and switching to a different browser may speed it up.

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zallarak Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 10:09

zallarak