Annoyed by animated Ad banners? This will help

[VBboy]

I generally don't mind ad banners on Web sites, as long as they are not of the annoying animated variety. So if you don't want to completely turn off ads (to support the site), but don't want to see the animations, do this:

In Internet Explorer, select the "Tools" menu, then the "Internet Options" item. A window with settings will come up. Click the "Advanced" tab (it should be the last one). Scroll down to the middle or so of the list with settings, to the "Multimedia" section. Clear the "Play Animations" checkbox and click "OK".

This will prevent Gif animations from playing, but will still show their first frame. You will be able to see the image, just not its animation.

I hope this helps.

 

[VBboy]

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[tk149]

Will this stop the full animation from loading in the first place? I'm on dialup, and I don't mind small static ads, but some of those animated ads take forever to load.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: VBboy
I generally don't mind ad banners on Web sites, as long as they are not of the annoying animated variety. So if you don't want to completely turn off ads (to support the site), but don't want to see the animations, do this:

In Internet Explorer, select the "Tools" menu, then the "Internet Options" item. A window with settings will come up. Click the "Advanced" tab (it should be the last one). Scroll down to the middle or so of the list with settings, to the "Multimedia" section. Clear the "Play Animations" checkbox and click "OK".

This will prevent Gif animations from playing, but will still show their first frame. You will be able to see the image, just not its animation.

I hope this helps.

This is also prevent those damn look-closely-scary-face-popping-up images!

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: VBboy
I generally don't mind ad banners on Web sites, as long as they are not of the annoying animated variety. So if you don't want to completely turn off ads (to support the site), but don't want to see the animations, do this:

In Internet Explorer, select the "Tools" menu, then the "Internet Options" item. A window with settings will come up. Click the "Advanced" tab (it should be the last one). Scroll down to the middle or so of the list with settings, to the "Multimedia" section. Clear the "Play Animations" checkbox and click "OK".

This will prevent Gif animations from playing, but will still show their first frame. You will be able to see the image, just not its animation.

I hope this helps.

This is also prevent those damn look-closely-scary-face-popping-up images!

Those are typically flash, since they rely more on sound than imagery.

Viper GTS

 

[eplebnista]