Stop GIF animation

[demonike]

Hello!

Is there a way to stop all gif animations to the first frame via JavaScript?
I have a banner administration page, with lots of banners, which are there for preview purposes only. All those animations have an impact on browser performance.

I bet it's a simple one, if at all...

[Fang]

Not with JavaScript, but you can set the number of times the animation runs in a graphics animation program.

[demonike]

Yeah, that I know. I could even make one frame gif-s if I wanted, but I don't. The idea is that, the same file is previewed on that page that runs on the actual site.

If it can't be done in Javascript then perhaps PHP? Anyway, it's not so very important, just convenience.

Thank you.