GNU bug report logs - #23431
Displaying animated GIFs can make Emacs unresponsive

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23431 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr>
Subject: bug#23431: 25.0.93; EWW hangs
Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 21:05:21 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I didn't see anyone mention yet that the gif on that page seems kind of dumb.
> It's 2036x1426, but is resized to never be more than ~ 1/4 of that size
> even in a full-screen Firefox. So I don't think that gif by itself is
> too indicative.

Yeah, it's an extreme GIF, but Emacs shouldn't become (almost) unusable
in the presence of such images...  I mean, you have to kill the eww
buffer to get anything done.

You can get pretty much the same effect by visiting a page that contains
a number of smaller animated images.  

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