lovell / lovell/sharp

Why is options.animated=true not the default?

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Description

## Question about an existing feature
I had a rather frustrating user experience, because why would anyone input a gif and expect it **not** to read all animated frames? I find this rather unintuitive and would like to suggest options.animated=true as the default.

Related: https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/3625

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Research direction

Start with the options.animated behavior described in the issue and review related issue #3625 to understand the existing rationale. Then locate where this default is defined and determine the compatibility implications; done requires a maintainer-backed decision on whether the default should change and what behavior should be documented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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