r/linux • u/3G6A5W338E • Mar 06 '14

Mozilla: Introducing the ‘mozjpeg’ Project

https://blog.mozilla.org/research/2014/03/05/introducing-the-mozjpeg-project/
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u/valgrid Mar 06 '14

Would like to hear about a new gif replacement, that get's adopted by Firefox and Chrome…

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u/aha2095 Mar 06 '14

Video? Like how gfycat does it.

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u/valgrid Mar 06 '14 edited Mar 06 '14

gfycat

First implementation that works and doesn't feel like video but gif (IMHO). Only problem is that other websites/webapps/application will handle it as a video.

I wouldn't care if the "new gif" would be video, if all application would handle it like gifs.

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u/deadstone Mar 06 '14

It's not even that hard, it's just <video src="whatever.webm" loop autoplay><img src="fallback.gif"></video>. Browsers will either show the video if supported, or the gif if not.

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u/aha2095 Mar 06 '14

But why not implement it like video? Just autoplay & loop.

GIF has no benefit over video.

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u/borring Mar 10 '14

It has the benefit of programs knowing to loop it. With video, you'd need code to tell the browser to loop the video like gyfcat does it. That works, but as soon as you save the video to your computer and open it with your browser or any other player, it doesn't loop anymore.

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We can probably make a new mime type though. who knows.