Browsers get the latest development, but you have to remember that the purpose of GIFs is to be shared, sometimes in applications that are not browsers. They st

Browsers get the latest development, but you have to remember that the purpose of GIFs is to be shared, sometimes in applications that are not browsers. They still need to be viewable as intended on those platforms. Personally as soon as I find a mp4 instead of a gif I curse the uploader for not providing a reasonable gif backup I can use and share around.