Post #3929077

2026-07-11 19:53 UTC

Please stop making gifs at all. It’s a terrible format that creates massive files that look like shit. Webm is supported almost everywhere now and manages better quality at higher framerates and smaller file sizes.

Replies (5)

@darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 2026-07-11 20:58

Counterpoint: GIFs loop by default in basically every app, WEBM doesn’t

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@NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2026-07-12 02:41

“…massive files…” I thought the file size was part of the format specification, no?

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@ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-12 07:08

Couldn’t APNG be considered? I recall an article recently claiming that it’s now a valid alternative to gif.

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@victorz@lemmy.world 2026-07-11 20:18

Webm is supported almost everywhere now and manages better quality at higher framerates and smaller file sizes. Anybody who has compared animated WebM vs animated JPEG XL?

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@brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2026-07-12 20:34

I’ve honestly given up on support of new formats. Here we are, 2026, and brand new software like Lemmy: Doesn’t support AVIF Doesn’t support JXL Doesn’t support WebP Won’t upload short, small videos either. Meanwhile: Many clients won’t play animated WebP Most clients won’t play APNG Many won’t load AVIF Basically only Apple/Safari will load JXL VP8/VP9/AV1 support in video isn’t universal What am I supposed to do? I used to send support requests over this, but I’ve given up. We are going to be stuck with SDR JPEGs and blocky GIFs forever, especially since media format literacy seems to be globally.

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