The reason the attached gif doesn't animate is because the forum software creates a thumbnail of it (which is not animated). If you click it to open the full image it is animated.
As for the file size - that's never come up, most people don't post animated gifs, certainly not half a meg in size. Back in the day, that would have seriously slowed borwsers down. Admittedly it's not such a problem now, but that's why it was set originally.
As for the file size - that's never come up, most people don't post animated gifs, certainly not half a meg in size. Back in the day, that would have seriously slowed borwsers down. Admittedly it's not such a problem now, but that's why it was set originally.