Animated profile picture on mobile site

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As I was looking at this answer on SO mobile site on my iPhone, an animated profile picture caught my attention.

Animated gifs are not allowed on profile pictures, but this one managed to show up on the mobile site.

<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xSw3h.gif?s=30&g=1" alt="">

<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xSw3h.gif?s=32&g=1" alt="">

@Lix Also on every desktop browser, just click "mobile" at the footer. — Antony, Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 16:26
It seems only power of 2 scales actually work and "disable" the animation. The used 30 scale does not seem to be doing much. — Bart, Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 16:36
Oh, the infamous "something's wrong but we have no idea what" tag. But really, based on the URLs, this looks like it might be a problem with Imgur not processing images correctly. — animuson, Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 16:44
@animuson Certain numbers have an effect on scaling and animation, e.g. 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 and 128 — Antony, Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 16:46
@Antony: From the looks of it, those are the only sizes you can even request to begin with (all others just return the image). Perhaps we're just trying to transfer our Gravatar size expectations over to Imgur? — animuson, Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 16:49

Geoff Dalgas · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-22 21:03:37Z

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We had IMGUR fix the "glitch" - you shouldn't see animated image any more on mobile.

answered Apr 22, 2013 at 21:03

Geoff Dalgas

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[status-completed]?
– Doorknob
Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 21:07
Oops, it happened again
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Oct 30, 2016 at 16:42
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Thanks for the report @shadow I'll have a look.
– Geoff Dalgas
Commented Oct 30, 2016 at 16:46
Any news @Geoff? You asked imgur to do something, or can SE do anything?
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Oct 31, 2016 at 9:49

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