Something for khtml it seems (with s/kfm/konqueror/) :

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Date: 	Mon, 6 Sep 1999 19:52:00 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Kresten Krab Thorup <krab@daimi.au.dk>
To: faure@kde.org
Subject: Animations

gif animations should be suspended while kfm is minimized.

--Kresten

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