after nine years of development, hopefully, it has been worth the weight

src/components/notifications/notifications.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Status from '../status/status.vue'
+import StillImage from '../still-image/still-image.vue'
 
 import { sortBy, take, filter } from 'lodash'
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ const Notifications = {
     }
   },
   components: {
-    Status
+    Status, StillImage
   },
   watch: {
     unseenCount (count) {

src/components/notifications/notifications.scss

@@ -88,10 +88,26 @@
     }
 
     .avatar {
-      padding-top: 0.3em;
+      margin-top: 0.3em;
       width: 32px;
       height: 32px;
       border-radius: 50%;
+      overflow: hidden;
+      line-height: 0;
+
+      &.animated::before {
+        display: none;
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    &:hover .animated.avatar {
+      canvas {
+        display: none;
+      }
+      img {
+        visibility: visible;
+      }
     }
 
     &:last-child {

src/components/notifications/notifications.vue

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <div v-for="notification in visibleNotifications" :key="notification" class="notification" :class='{"unseen": !notification.seen}'>
           <div>
             <a :href="notification.action.user.statusnet_profile_url" target="_blank">
-              <img class='avatar' :src="notification.action.user.profile_image_url_original">
+              <StillImage class='avatar' :src="notification.action.user.profile_image_url_original"/>
             </a>
           </div>
           <div class='text' style="width: 100%;">