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> "The Filmmaker": posted an animated GIF of their terminal session instead of writing out what they did I love videos and GIFs when trying to debug something.

by MrJohz 3y ago

> "The Filmmaker": posted an animated GIF of their terminal session instead of writing out what they did I love videos and GIFs when trying to debug something. They're usually much better at catching small details than people's descriptions. Very often, the bug will hinge on an action that you can do in multiple ways, or some action that the user took directly before triggering the bug that they don't realise is necessarily part of the problem. Or maybe the bug only triggers on certain screen sizes or something, or if certain terminal colours are used, or if the user is using a touchscreen or something. Having a video makes it a lot easier to notice these sorts of things. It's not always perfect, and a detailed description alongside the video is best, especially if you also have any errors or important text copied there so I can copy it myself, but given the choice, I often prefer video over text. So yes, I genuinely love filmmakers in this context. Send me screenshots, send me videos!

uranusjr 3y ago
Videos are good as long as you also provide copyable content. Gifs not so much since I can’t pause.
- Adverblessly 3y ago
  mpv will also play gifs and allow you to pause them. It also knows how to stream web resources. I have a keyboard shortcut bound to run mpv with the content of the clipboard, so right click on gif, "Copy Image Link", hit the keyboard shortcut and wait for the gif to open in mpv where I can pause, speed up, speed down, scroll etc. Also useful for any video or audio on the web, since mpv is (for me) much nicer than any built-in player.
  - throwawaymobule 3y ago
    I don't think it works with images, but I get a lot of use out of this browser extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/ Specifically for running MPV with URL-links/video sources/iframe sources as an argument.

by MrJohz 3y ago

uranusjr 3y ago

Videos are good as long as you also provide copyable content. Gifs not so much since I can’t pause.

Adverblessly 3y ago
mpv will also play gifs and allow you to pause them. It also knows how to stream web resources. I have a keyboard shortcut bound to run mpv with the content of the clipboard, so right click on gif, "Copy Image Link", hit the keyboard shortcut and wait for the gif to open in mpv where I can pause, speed up, speed down, scroll etc. Also useful for any video or audio on the web, since mpv is (for me) much nicer than any built-in player.
- throwawaymobule 3y ago
  I don't think it works with images, but I get a lot of use out of this browser extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/ Specifically for running MPV with URL-links/video sources/iframe sources as an argument.