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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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[–] gianni@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

WebMs encoded with VP9 or even better AV1 are better than GIFs. Decode speed is negligible, especially considering how much more quickly it will load