Animated GIF avatars no longer supported by default

[featheredtoast (Jeff Wong)]

Better late than never - I’ve been working on a plugin to re-enable this.

Animated Avatar

Summary Discourse Animated Avatars adds the ability for users to upload gif avatars which will animate on hover or selection in posts, user cards, and profile pages. Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-animated-avatars Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse Features By default, this pauses animation when not focused. Within topics, animation will pause when post is not hovered or selected. anima…