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Yes but this would make much more sense if used as help topics, i.e. "confused about how to upload your portfolio? click here for an interactive demo"

tagspace 7y ago
This is a really nice suggestion! We could totally do that. Will run that by the team. Thanks
aconst 7y ago
There are a few products on the market for it (I work for one, and no, it's not WalkMe). There are free solutions too (e.g. http://bootstraptour.com/ http://bootstraptour.com/ )
andrei_says_ 7y ago
No. Show me an animated gif instead.
- tagspace 7y ago
  But animated GIFs don't go at your own pace. Doesn't that annoy you sometimes? I guess a video would do the trick though
  - andrei_says_ 7y ago
    Something taking over my interface and locking me into its narrative, explaining instead of showing annoys me 10x more. An animated gif can loop so I can watch it twice.
    - enraged_camel 7y ago
      Problem with animated gifs is that they are not very efficient in terms of bandwidth, especially if you need them to show UI interactions (which means you need a high frame rate).
      - satvikpendem 7y ago
        The word "gif" now means both the format GIF, and also any generic short, looping video on the Internet. As a result, you can just use a webm or other format, as Gfycat does, since it's highly compressible and no viewer actually cares about the underlying format, only the content.
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- SquareWheel 7y ago
  Huge file size, poor color support, no video controls. Gifs have no place on the web.
  - zzo38computer 7y ago
    It is potentially possible for the browser (or an extension) to support the user using play/pause/rewind/fast-forward with animated pictures. However, I do not recommend GIF; animated PNG is better. (But, I would prefer text-based documentation. You can still have videos or animations too if wanted, though.)
    - zzo38computer 7y ago
      Actually, animated PNG has some benefits and some drawbacks compared to animated GIF. (You could try both and see which works better for the animation you are making, I suppose.)
zzo38computer 7y ago
I suppose that seems reasonable, although text-based documentation should probably be made available too.

tagspace 7y ago

This is a really nice suggestion! We could totally do that. Will run that by the team. Thanks

aconst 7y ago

There are a few products on the market for it (I work for one, and no, it's not WalkMe). There are free solutions too (e.g. http://bootstraptour.com/ http://bootstraptour.com/ )

andrei_says_ 7y ago

No. Show me an animated gif instead.

tagspace 7y ago
But animated GIFs don't go at your own pace. Doesn't that annoy you sometimes? I guess a video would do the trick though
- andrei_says_ 7y ago
  Something taking over my interface and locking me into its narrative, explaining instead of showing annoys me 10x more. An animated gif can loop so I can watch it twice.
  - enraged_camel 7y ago
    Problem with animated gifs is that they are not very efficient in terms of bandwidth, especially if you need them to show UI interactions (which means you need a high frame rate).
    - satvikpendem 7y ago
      The word "gif" now means both the format GIF, and also any generic short, looping video on the Internet. As a result, you can just use a webm or other format, as Gfycat does, since it's highly compressible and no viewer actually cares about the underlying format, only the content.
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SquareWheel 7y ago
Huge file size, poor color support, no video controls. Gifs have no place on the web.
- zzo38computer 7y ago
  It is potentially possible for the browser (or an extension) to support the user using play/pause/rewind/fast-forward with animated pictures. However, I do not recommend GIF; animated PNG is better. (But, I would prefer text-based documentation. You can still have videos or animations too if wanted, though.)
  - zzo38computer 7y ago
    Actually, animated PNG has some benefits and some drawbacks compared to animated GIF. (You could try both and see which works better for the animation you are making, I suppose.)

zzo38computer 7y ago

I suppose that seems reasonable, although text-based documentation should probably be made available too.