freezeframe.js - A jQuery Plugin To Automatically Pause GIFs And Restart Animating On Mouse Hover

freezeframe.js is a jQuery plugin that automatically pauses animated GIFs and enables them to start animating on mouse hover.

Features

• Easy to install and implement.
• Only 4kb in size, 3kb when minified.
• Averages 18ms per image, or 1 second of additional page load per 55 GIFs at 0.5MB each.

Requirements: jQuery
Demo: http://freezeframe.chrisantonellis.com/#example
License: CC Attribution 3.0 License

JSGIF: A GIF PLAYER IN JAVASCRIPT

Jsgif is an animated GIF player bookmarklet with support for pausing, going frame-by-frame, playing in reverse, and other features that one might expect from a video player.

Requirements: None
Demo: http://slbkbs.org/jsgif/
License: Custom License, see: http://goo.gl/xEVuZ