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Safari already accepts MP4 in an <img> tag and it is autoplayed, muted and looped [1]. Sadly, Chrome doesn't want to implement it [2]. [1] https://developer.ap

• acdha 5y ago
  This is a great example for the “Chrome is the new IE” debate: that’s a feature which would immediately make the web better but they held back support for a standard, hardware-accelerated format trying to force mainstream adoption of their own format which had limited tool support and never performed enough better than JPEG/PNG to be worth the trouble for most sites.
  • pwdisswordfish8 5y ago
    s/better/worse/
    • acdha 5y ago
      You think it's good that people keep using gigantic GIF files rather than smaller videos? There's no technical reason to prefer the GIF format — it burns data transfer, requires more CPU, and has terrible quality.
      • pwdisswordfish8 5y ago
        I prefer <img> elements never to animate at all, regardless of format. Animations should use <video>.