On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM Yoav Weiss (@Shopify) <
[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Friday, June 26, 2026 at 5:41:14 PM UTC+2 Chromestatus wrote:
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> *Contact emails*
> [email protected], [email protected]
>
> *Explainer*
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-image-animation-1/explainer
>
> *Specification*
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-image-animation-1
>
> *Summary*
> Introduces a new CSS property and pseudo-class to control and detect
> animated images like GIFs and APNGs. 1. image-animation: Can be set to
> "normal", "running", or "paused" to control image animation playback. 2.
> :animated-image: A pseudo-class to determine whether an image is animated.
>
> *Blink component*
> Blink>CSS
> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ECSS%22>
>
> *Web Feature ID*
> Missing feature
>
> *Motivation*
> Currently, user agents autoplay animated images (e.g., GIF, WebP, PNG) by
> default. This behavior can be violate accessibility standards regarding
> pausing and stopping content. Site authors currently lack mechanisms to
> control this playback. The only existing methods are browser-specific
> global settings, which are inconsistent and lack the features needed for
> developers to build accessible, per-image playback interfaces.
>
> *Initial public proposal*
> https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/1615
>
> *TAG review*
> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1237
>
>
> It seems worthwhile to give the TAG time to review this thoroughly.
> The arguments in Provide this as a UA Setting
> <https://drafts.csswg.org/css-image-animation-1/explainer#provide-this-as-a-ua-setting:~:text=Rejected%20Alternatives-,Provide%20this%20as%20a%20UA%20Setting,-Firefox's%20about:config>
>  don't
> clearly outline why e.g. image annotation (as "decorative" vs. "content")
> wouldn't have enabled UA settings to better solve this problem.
> It seems like this solution to a use a11y problem will depend on
> developers doing the right (and highly complex) thing, which feels.. risky
>

* "user a11y problem"

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>
> *TAG review status*
> Pending
>
> *Goals for experimentation*
> None
>
> *Risks*
>
>
> *Interoperability and Compatibility*
> *No information provided*
>
> *Gecko*: No signal (https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/
> issues/1421)
>
> *WebKit*: No signal (https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/
> issues/685)
>
> *Web developers*: No signals
>
> *Other signals*:
>
> *WebView application risks*
>
> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that
> it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
> *No information provided*
>
>
> *Debuggability*
> *No information provided*
>
> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac,
> Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?*
> Yes
>
> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?*
> Yes
>
>
> *Flag name on about://flags*
> *No information provided*
>
> *Finch feature name*
> CSSImageAnimation
>
> *Rollout plan*
> Will ship enabled for all users
>
> *Requires code in //chrome?*
> False
>
> *Tracking bug*
> https://issues.chromium.org/u/2/issues/429459566
>
> *Estimated milestones*
> Shipping on desktop152 Shipping on Android152 Shipping on WebView152
>
> *Anticipated spec changes*
>
> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or
> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues
> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may
> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of
> the API in a non-backward-compatible way).
> *No information provided*
>
> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status*
> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5078177326170112?gate=6503444473053184
>
> *Links to previous Intent discussions*
> Intent to Prototype: https://groups.google.com/a/
> chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/6968a079.050a0220.307fc3.
> 04ef.GAE%40google.com
>
>
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