422224 - GIF does not restart animation when opened in new tab.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 129986

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[James]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre) Gecko/2008020509 Firefox/3.0b3pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre) Gecko/2008020509 Firefox/3.0b3pre

When viewing an animated GIF, the GIF will not restart from its initial state unless a full browser-cache wipe is initiated (ctrl+f5). Furthermore, if the GIF is opened in another tab or posted to a web page, it continues its state from the time it was initially viewed (on the previous page), rather then starting from its initial frame of animation. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8984/1zx6tttpp4.gif
2. Refresh the page. Gif will not revert to frame 1. 
3. Open a new tab and view the image again. It will be at the same time-state as the initial viewing of the gif in the previous tab.
3. Ctrl+f5, Gif will start from frame 1.
Actual Results:  
The Gif continues from its initially viewed frame-state. 

Expected Results:  
The Gif should restart from frame-state 1 of animation

Comment 1

[shutup_fool]

This is still an issue and seriously effects something I want to do on a website,
works fine in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari and Google Chrome,

Why not Firefox?

Comment 2

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of Core bug 129986?

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.x or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 4

[shutup_fool]

Still experiencing this issue

Tested just now in safe mode

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6