Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF
by always_good on Monday December 04, 2017 @12:04PM
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Actually, .gifv is an html page with a <video> with both webm and mp4 sources.
Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF
by bpicolo on Monday December 04, 2017 @12:07PM
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Right, this let's them repurpose the same mp4 files and give iOS users a better experience
Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF
by sli on Monday December 04, 2017 @02:21PM
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Or at least try to. Imgur's mobile experience is lacking a lot.
Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF
by gsich on Monday December 04, 2017 @04:50PM
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Desktop too. The absolute main feature of such a site is the absolute link to the picture. That is the most important thing you need after you uploaded an image. Yet imgur tries to hide it as much as possible, forcing you to use the "show url to image" stuff in browsers.
Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF
by always_good on Monday December 04, 2017 @10:56PM
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It's been some time since that was the main feature of imgur.
For example, imgur redirects hotlinked images to its embedded view in some cases. One of those cases is when they decide that your domain is using them as a CDN, which they forbid.
Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF
by gsich on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @07:08PM
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And since then the main purpose of imgur is lost. I rather upload screenshots to my own site.
I don't hope they go down the Imageshack road...
Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF
by Houshalter on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:12AM
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You also can't save the video. At least not in firefox.
https://blog.imgur.com/2014/10/09/introducing-gifv/ gifv is just rebranded mp4 more or less