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Re:Don't Animate Height by jaapz on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @06:12AM (#44657503)
Couldn't they just have used an animated gif or png, the amount of CPU used probably wouldn't even be measurable
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Re:Don't Animate Height by cpmsmith on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @10:32AM (#44659660)
You might be surprised at the CPU usage of rendering a GIF. I'm not sure why, but I've previously noticed Slack takes noticeably more CPU when there's an animated emoji on screen.
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