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Tip for desktop users: uBlock Origin (amongst others) lets you block media elements larger than n KB. You can then choose to selectively load in specific blocked media elements.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

Does this feature also work on uBlock Origin for mobile browsers?

Just tested, it appears to work.

Ouch. When will web developers learn to use HTML5 video? Not only it weighs 10x smaller, but user can actually stop and replay more interesting parts, instead of waiting for another loop. They at least should use loading="lazy" attribute.

Why don't browsers add playback controls for .gif animations as well? It's kind of hard to rewind a .gif because of its layering structure, but rewinding video is similarly hard due to B/P-frames

Because animated GIFs are horribly inefficient and their use should no longer be encouraged.

Should browsers add speed controls for the blink tag as well?

They also just make it hard to concentrate on actually reading this announcement. A bit gratuitous.

> This article has 50MB of GIFs to download. Be careful if you're metered.

Might want to not use Slack if you're metered. It downloads some 400+ MB into your browser cache.