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Re:Web fonts, boy, I don't know by skizm on Thursday November 03, 2016 @02:46PM (#12866763)
Why are GIFs in articles a thing? Can anyone focus on the words while they are looping in the corner of your eye? I always open the inspector and delete the elements, but it is annoying to do that every time.
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Re:Web fonts, boy, I don't know by notwaldorf on Thursday November 03, 2016 @03:06PM (#12866962)
Sorry folks. I've changed them to just links
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Re:Web fonts, boy, I don't know by kmfrk on Thursday November 03, 2016 @03:02PM (#12866928)
The GIFs are fine - although I get the impression that they weren't put through an optimizer.

Converting GIFs to autoplay=false videos is still a miserable experience with kinda awful results. Not to mention that it takes forever.

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Re:Web fonts, boy, I don't know by SquareWheel on Thursday November 03, 2016 @04:38PM (#12867731)
Surely any screen recording software can output as a video format? Converting from video > gif > video would produce a janky output.
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Re:Web fonts, boy, I don't know by Slaul on Thursday November 03, 2016 @02:49PM (#12866790)
I don't usually have a problem with them. I understand your frustration though, it would be useful to be able to minimize them maybe.
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Re:Web fonts, boy, I don't know by danjc on Thursday November 03, 2016 @02:48PM (#12866787)
Normally I'd agree with you but in this instance they really are being used to illustrate slow load. Still very distracting though.
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