Others, however, are expressing displeasure at the change, stating that animated profile pictures are distracting and ugly, and detract from the Google+ experience.

Next, head to Google Images and search for " [subject] gif." You'll see the results load in all of their animated glory. What do you think of this extension in comparison to Giphy?

Animated GIFs have been making a comeback, particularly since Google+ gave them support when it launched, not to mention Tumblr. So, no surprise, Google’s now pushing a new way to find GIFs ...

Courtesy the artist. Cory Arcangel ‘s Super Mario Clouds is one of the most iconic animated GIFs today and, in fact, has become a favorite background choice on the blog I run, Art F City.

Animated GIFs are a grouping of images that may appear as a movie but are just a series of images. You can now filter your image searches on Bing by the animated GIF type.

Google+ Photos Can Now Automatically Create Animated GIFs, Panoramas, HDR Images And Better Group Shots Frederic Lardinois 10:55 AM PDT · May 15, 2013 ...