How to hide all animated GIFs in Facebook comments

29 Sunday Dec 2019

Posted by futurilla in JURN tips and tricks

This seems rather suitable for those musing on New Year and resolutions. No more GIFs, many of which still seem to get past GIF-blockers in the form of other formats.

How to hide all animated GIFs in Facebook comments:

This blocking option has been in the FBP Web browser addon since v.29.0 (May 2019), though it’s well-hidden. It’s found in the “Font, Colour & Design” section of the FBP options screen, where almost no-one would think to look for it.

1. Install FBP and re-start the Web browser. Visit Facebook, locate the icon at the top of the Facebook page that launches the FBP control panel.

2. Find and open the “Font, Colour & Design” section on the left-hand side.

3. Tick “Hide Animated Gifs”. Save settings, and exit the control panel.

4. Reload your Web browser and test on an especially annoying Facebook Group. A blank space should replace the animated GIF.

Update: October 2020: no longer working fully. I still see some animated GIFs in comments, despite having FBP working correctly.

GRAFT updated

27 Friday Dec 2019

Posted by futurilla in New titles added to JURN

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46 new or newly-found repositories added to GRAFT. Search across full-text and records alike, in 4,765 repositories.

The Joy of Information

10 Tuesday Dec 2019

Posted by futurilla in Spotted in the news

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Call for Papers: The Joy of Information, for a special issue of Library Trends journal…

“the forthcoming collection brings together bright and uplifting views of information to contrast with critical or problem-oriented perspectives that color our literature in grayscale.”