Escape in Firefox not stopping animations

[Lars Noodén]

On 07/29/2013 04:03 PM, Lars Noodén wrote:
> On 07/27/2013 01:37 PM, Lars Noodén wrote:
>> Earlier in Firefox, it was possible to stop animations by pressing
>> Escape.  Now it won't stop anything.  Are other people seeing this
>> problem?
> 
> This problem is present even in Saucy.  Is there still a way to stop
> animated GIFs from cycling?
> 
> Regards
> /Lars

I've gotten a few replies off-list about editing about:config's
image.animation_mode, which provides a partial work-around but does not
let the animations stop on demand.

I've filed a bug about restoring the missing function:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1206869

It's not just about ads, there are other pages that use GIF animation.

regards,
/Lars

PS I can't find my earlier messages on this in the archive.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/2013-July/thread.html