Am I the only one? If I’m identifying and one of the observations is moving it puts me on edge and I have to quickly go to the next page. If people want to add GIFs I would prefer them to be the 2nd photo, not the one that shows up in Identify. But perhaps I am the odd one out? And another thing - …

[image] salix-babylonica: Noone forcing someone to watch If the GIF is the first file in an observation, and that observation appears on a page I am identifying, then the constant movement is very distracting, and I am either forced to see it, or skip to the next page (my normal response). Ob…

You can just use GIF Blocker add-on of chrome to block them easily. There are other similiar add-on’s on different browsers.

There is a project for observations with GIFs – https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/animated-observations If you are sensitive to moving images, you might be able to use the workaround of excluding observations in this project from your searches with the url not_in_project= . (This does require th…

The ones that think gifs are fine may have never had motion sickness and are probably not sensitive to flashing lights either. Having not experiencing any problems, most do not comprehend the difficulty and are unaware or lack the (?) empathy to understand these things can cause physical discomfort. …

I feel for people who struggle with motion sickness when viewing movement on their screens but I really think GIFs can capture weird movements that might be interesting or aide in identification; I’m grateful that it’s an option! Here is one of my observations of a weirdo little moth that had extre…

Ugh! those disturb me, too, because I suffer from migraines and motion sickness - although I know that no one is intending to make me sick… I don’t use Chrome, and don’t know how to use browser extensions to block such things. But I just figured out that on my iOS device (where I do most of my iNat…

Audio that disturbs you does not automatically play and is clearly marked with an icon so do you get the choice. GIF does not offer us the same “warning type” of icon. No one said gif was stupid or do not have worth, just that as first photo they can disturb others. Those of us who do have these is…

[image] salix-babylonica: use GIF Blocker add-on of chrome to block them easily. There are other similiar add-on’s on different browsers. There doesn’t seem to be any reliable ones for Firefox. The best solution I have found is to go to about:config and change image.animation_mode to once, wh…

I don’t like the little film clips, either. They don’t make me sick, as they do for some people, but I do have other problems. First, I consider the movement a distracting annoyance, like moving ads and those enthusiastic clapping hands or whatever that people sometimes post as comments on Faceboo…

GIF Observations Drive me Crazy

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salix-babylonica December 28, 2025, 2:28pm 12

If people suffer from motion sickness, instead of viewing others’ freedom to upload these GIFs as a lack of empathy, they can simply block them with a browser extension.

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GIF Observations Drive me Crazy

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