Stop the smilies

Talon_Karrde

this is a quest for someone.......
i have searched the options, i have searched the forums, i have searched the FAQ's.............

I can find no way for me to turn the piggin' animated smilies off with the possible exception of telling the browser to turn all animated gifs off......

please help....i don't wanna spoil anyones fun, i'm just sick of 'em jumping all over the damn page CONSTANTLY with no LET UP!!!

i might get epilepsy.......

ta muchly

Ace

PS the FIRST person to post a reply with an inordinate amount of pointless smilies gets a kick in the goolies

criminal_smile

MSE Andrea also has epilepsy. They posted [thread=31675]this thread[/thread] asking for exactly the same thing. You can link to the thread in all your posts and spread the word.

Edinburghlass_2

It would appear that different people see different colours flashing, tonight I have been told I must be colour blind :rolleyes:

I will resist temptation to putting a jumping smillie.

sra

Talon_Karrde wrote:

this is a quest for someone.......
i have searched the options, i have searched the forums, i have searched the FAQ's.............

I can find no way for me to turn the piggin' animated smilies off with the possible exception of telling the browser to turn all animated gifs off......

please help....i don't wanna spoil anyones fun, i'm just sick of 'em jumping all over the damn page CONSTANTLY with no LET UP!!!

i might get epilepsy.......

ta muchly

Ace

PS the FIRST person to post a reply with an inordinate amount of pointless smilies gets a kick in the goolies

If you're still using firefox, you can do it quickly with adblock

After you instal it, restart firefox,
Right-click a smilie on any page and select adblock image
In the pop-up that appears, delete the very last bit of the url it shows and replace it with a star so it says:

http://img.moneysavingexpert.com/smilies/*

all images smilies served up by mse will be blocked

andy88_2

At risk of upsetting you ...

For me, in IE they are not animated. In Firefox, yes. Is that normal, or what can I look at here to try and be useful?

andy88_2

sra, can the wildcard be at the beginning as well?

ie http://*.fastclick.com/*

yeah, I know I could get a larger Hosts file list

sra

andy88 wrote:

sra, can the wildcard be at the beginning as well?

ie http://*.fastclick.com/*

yeah, I know I could get a larger Hosts file list

Yes but no http://

a little bit more about it here.

I've barely used it so can't really advise

djohn2002uk

I just installed adblock and it stopped the smilies ok by stopping Firefox from loading. Had to run System Restore to get rid.

Rex_Mundi

Hit escape and they stop moving.

Talon_Karrde

you know what.....
when i was writing that OP, i thought to meself.......
i just bet sra will have the answer.......i just BET!!
that's another post of the month nomination for you sra.....

. o O (genius)

ace

and yet ANOTHER reason to use firefox over IE.....i can't believe how they mount up....

elvis_bloggs

Talon_Karrde wrote:

this is a quest for someone.......
i have searched the options, i have searched the forums, i have searched the FAQ's.............

I can find no way for me to turn the piggin' animated smilies off with the possible exception of telling the browser to turn all animated gifs off......

please help....i don't wanna spoil anyones fun, i'm just sick of 'em jumping all over the damn page CONSTANTLY with no LET UP!!!

i might get epilepsy.......

ta muchly

Ace

PS the FIRST person to post a reply with an inordinate amount of pointless smilies gets a kick in the goolies

Live with it or take a hike.