The new rendering engine for the shipdb will be based on webgl and provide quite a few more options; I think it'll be a big upgrade and a lot better than a gif! I just need to find some time to finish implementing the thing.
By the way, hello! I'm the guy who hosts and has been building the website. CountBuggula has been placing the content in it, aside from the shipdb which I imported from actual game data.
If there are any comments or concerns about the website's formatting, the theming, or site functionality I'd love to hear it. Others probably are better for the actual content itself though.