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How to turn off animation in sites that consume too much CPU? (Safari 1.1)
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Nov 4, 2003, 03:18 PM
 
and I am on 10.3

Thanks! I have the debugging menu activated as well thru Safari Enhancer
(Last edited by Russian Mac fan; Nov 4, 2003 at 03:27 PM. )
     
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Nov 4, 2003, 03:25 PM
 
not that I know the answer - but i would definitely want to know this too...
     
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Nov 4, 2003, 03:53 PM
 
Use firebird?

Anyway, it would've been a nice feature. Especially on sites with lots of banners or stupid gifs.

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Jan 19, 2004, 02:07 AM
 
Found the answer to my prayers from another thread here.

This little free utility just does that and is a God-send:

http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/10752

It adds a preference within Safari. Check it out.
     
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Jan 19, 2004, 02:08 AM
 
Now I can make those jumping smilies stop jumping/moving and my CPU usage is back to normal on those sites!
     
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Jan 19, 2004, 02:30 AM
 
pith helmet is an add blocking utility for safari that also has an option in there to show animated gifs : always, once, never.

whoops! i guess next time it i should click the links in the previous posts first
     
   
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