Implementation
I like the second option better. We might be able to replace <img>s with <canvas>s -- this SO question indicates that setting an animated GIF as the background to a <canvas> will only show a static image. Maybe then clicking the canvas can replace it with an img that has the original GIF url as its src.
Articles full of GIFs can be annoying. Either:
Implementation I like the second option better. We might be able to replace
<img>s with<canvas>s -- this SO question indicates that setting an animated GIF as the background to a<canvas>will only show a static image. Maybe then clicking thecanvascan replace it with animgthat has the original GIF url as itssrc.Feature request Requested on Hacker News discussion and on Designer News.