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Life & fun · April 4, 2011

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jsgif: A GIF player in JavaScript

jsgif: A GIF player in JavaScript launched on April 4, 2011 with 128 votes, #9 of 229 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

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jsgif is a JavaScript-based GIF player that runs as a bookmarklet in web browsers. It allows users to control animated GIFs by pausing playback, stepping through individual frames, reversing animation direction, and accessing other playback features. The tool is designed for anyone who wants more control over GIF animations while browsing the web, whether to better understand complex visual sequences or simply enjoy animations at their preferred pace.

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You look up a sorting algorithm on Wikipedia, and there's a handy animated GIF on the page; but it's hard to follow because it goes at a strange pace. Alas! If only you had some way of stopping the animation and going through it frame-by-frame... You have this hilarious animation of a cat doing a funny thing; but it would be 3½ times as hilarious if only it was playing in reverse. Alas! If only there was some way you could do that without leaving the comfort of your web page... jsgif an animated GIF player bookmarklet with support for pausing, going frame-by-frame, playing in reverse, and other features that one might expect from a video player. Unfortunately, the DOM doesn't expose…from slbkbs.org

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