Animated gifs slowed down loading times? This is why they were removed? Like everything else uploaded here animated gifs were subjected to a file size restriction. An animated av took no longer loading than a normal av of the same file size - or am I wrong. And considering there's concern for slow down, the current av size has been increased!

Anyhow, I do wish if things have been changed for personal taste then it would just come out and admit the fact instead of reasons which really don't make sense.