that was actually the problem oO
damnit.. i'm sorry.. i don't know how i could miss that one ><..

thanks for the help

hey there fellow Opera users,

the title pretty much gives away my problem.. Opera doesn't want to play .gif files. It only shows the first image. i can see its loading the whole file, but it doesn't "play" it..
i changed nothing, did nothing.. one moment everything was working fine, next moment, .gifs broken =(..
i looked nearly everywhere.. normal settings, about:config, etc.. i even asked the allmighty Google.. but.. nothing..

so.. does anyone know why this happens.. and how i can fix it?

Version information:

Version: 12.16 
Build: 1860 
Plattform: x64 
Betriebssystem: Windows 7

ps: i will try to make a screenshot of the loading bar, showing that opera is indeed loading the file.. i just have to get my brain to be forget years of training to never look at it ><