[–] duiker101 7y ago ↗ Depends. I have seen great gif tutorials and I have seen terrible. Definitely mostly bad ones but they can have their niche, it should probably just not be the default go to. One exception seems to be GitHub where you can't actually host a video. [–] gitgud 7y ago ↗ I agree GIFs are good in some cases like a small demo on Github. They are also supported pretty much everywhere.It's probably an anti-pattern when:- There's more than 1 GIF playing on the screen (can be disorienting)- The GIF takes too long (you can't rewind, so dont make them too long)- Bad quality GIFs can be annoying and uselessProbably some more cases...
[–] gitgud 7y ago ↗ I agree GIFs are good in some cases like a small demo on Github. They are also supported pretty much everywhere.It's probably an anti-pattern when:- There's more than 1 GIF playing on the screen (can be disorienting)- The GIF takes too long (you can't rewind, so dont make them too long)- Bad quality GIFs can be annoying and uselessProbably some more cases...
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 15.1 ms ] threadIt's probably an anti-pattern when:
- There's more than 1 GIF playing on the screen (can be disorienting)
- The GIF takes too long (you can't rewind, so dont make them too long)
- Bad quality GIFs can be annoying and useless
Probably some more cases...