Posted by Ed Mullen on 03/09/07 19:47

Benjamin Niemann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> kvnsmnsn@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> I've got two GIF files named "Tigger.gif" and "Angry_barbarian.gif"
>> that contain animations that I want to display on a web page. I've
>> written the following XHTML code which works for a fraction of a sec-
>> ond but no more. That is, the animations run for a very short period
>> of time and then stop. My guess is that they're running through their
>> short animated period and then stopping. How can I display animations
>> like this that keep moving, that start over from the beginning as soon
>> as they reach the end of their animation? Any input on this would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>
> This problem is not related to the way how the images are embedded in the
> HTML document.
> The speed of the animation and whether it is looping or not can be adjusted
> with the image editor you are using to create the GIFs.
>
> HTH
>

Additionally, some browsers provide the user with a setting to control
images including how many times an animation cycles. In other words,
the user can over-ride whatever you set in the .gif file.

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