Re:The Long, Remarkable History of the GIF
by wodenokoto on Sunday August 21, 2016 @06:48PM
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I think the gifv container format will mostly kill animated gifs in a few years. It promises the silent, looped animations, maintains name recognition, but has good compression.
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Re:The Long, Remarkable History of the GIF
by lfender6445 on Sunday August 21, 2016 @09:38PM
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the conversation with the imgur ceo was my favorite part of this piece. for those interested:
> GIFV is not actually a distinct file format, but it is an MP4 or WebM video that is presented via a HTML 5 video element or an Adobe Flash element with options set so as to make it work similarly to an animated GIF (i.e. endless loop with no video controls visible