Q1628 How can I preload an animated image, but ensure that it animates once the page has completely loaded?

If you preload the image it will have played by the time it is loaded, therefore Use this to retrigger it:

<body onLoad="if (document.images) document.images['animimg'].src = 'animation.gif?' + Math.random()">

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