Today Plug-In for Playing Animated GIFs
 

This is from Houser over at XDA:

First GIF animation today plugin release

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This is a first release of a simple today plugin that shows
an animated GIF in the today screen area.
The position of the gif, that is displayed, is currently fixed in the area
of the plugin.
I will change this in the next release, so that the position can be configured.

The position of the plugin itself can be changed under
Start - Settings - Today - Items (TodayGif).

After install you must activate the plugin first!

The gif file that will be displayed can be found under: \Windows\Today.gif
You can replace the file with one of your favorite one. After replace you must
deactivate and then activate the plugin to show the new gif.

Sure the animation uses some CPU time, but the thread that displays
the animation has idle priority so that other work can be done with
no effects.

You can pause and restart the animation by tipping on the animation area.

This is the first release and I will keep on developing more features
and improvments.

I hope you enjoy it!

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[04-17-2007] Updated with new version 0.0.2

Changes from 0.0.1 to 0.0.2:

- Improved gif decoder (it is although possible that a gif file with an unknown format cannot be displayed)
- If a gif file can not be loaded an error message is displayed on the today screen
- Configuration added (gif file can be selected and the position can be changed)
- Context menu added (when you tap on the today plugin area a menu pops up where you can open the config and change the position of the gif animation)

Houser

Have tested it on my 700wx.
late,
Coz

EDIT: When you download this save it as a .cab.

Um.. inside that zip file is a Winzip shortcut.. nothing else..

Ok...problem solved. Download and save as a .cab. This should fix the problem. If not let me know.

late,
Coz

sorry but this needs to be fixed please. nothing in zip

1300cc...when you download the file you need to save it as a .cab.

late,
Coz

Heh.. now it's saying the file is invalid or corrupt =P

Sniffs...click on the file to download. It'll ask you if you want to run, save, canel. Select save. The "save as" box will open. Add ".cab" to the end of the file name and click save.

late,
Coz

Thanks for the find! Now to find some animated GIFs. 8)

It is a cool app. I have it built into my new rom. It is cool for a while, but can grow tiresome. Good for the Wow factor though.

Ah yes, I need to learn to read.. I didnt even bother reading to save as a cab.. sorry..