Hello:

Let me start by singing the praises for your commenting system. I am so grateful to have a feature-rich alternative to platforms like Disqus. There are, however, some features found on other platforms that wpDiscuz does not seem to have, as of yet.

Our members often paste links to external gifs with the help of your Embeds add-on. Depending upon the size of the source file, and the number of embedded gifs members add on a given discussion, page loads can severely bog down as the site pre-loads all the gif frames.

In order to help improve site performance and enhance the online experiences of those who are interacting with your commenting system, I would ask that you please consider updating the Embeds add-on so that only the first frame of each gif will load and render, with an overlaid play/stop button. This will also allow end users to only watch the gifs they want to see, and cut back on visual noise as people scroll through comments.

Cheers,

DM
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