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Are short mp4s preferable to gifs for brief animated site elements, or...? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/webdev@programming.dev

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From what I gather, I don't know that there's a new norm in this regard yet, besides recognizing that gifs are increasingly old & clunky (despite being fun & amusing), and so I don't know if mp4s or webms or something else might be better if wanting to keep a site lightweight while still having some animated elements.

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[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What kind of animated site elements?

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Basically any animated visual element where in the past you might have used a gif. I'm thinking more for a casual kind of site rather than anything professional, but with a desire for using more up to date formats that are smaller & quicker to load.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Animated content? Or site navigation elements, overlays, etc?

If the later go with the image assets svg, png, gif, etc since there’s better support for masking, css animations and so on.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, sorry, not trying to be obtuse, content. I thought by referring to gifs it might make that clear.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I figured but thought I’d cover the bases