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The nice thing about videos is the play/pause/slider UI. Some platforms do add play/pause explicitly to GIFs, using some JS, but as far as I know (and you would
by pamelafox 1y ago
The nice thing about videos is the play/pause/slider UI. Some platforms do add play/pause explicitly to GIFs, using some JS, but as far as I know (and you would know more), that's not built into browsers yet. That's been one of the reasons I often end up using videos instead.
When I've personally animated SVGs for use in RevealJS presentations, I tend to use CSS animations that I could control with JS if I wanted.
- kzrdude 1y agoIf this gets widespread use, browsers will catch up and in 5-10 years we will have pause buttons! ;)
- justsomehnguy 1y agoMeanwhile we are still have a stupid overlay controls because 20 years ago it was an iframe for an ActiveX control.
- not2b 1y agoAn animated GIF is essentially a video with a large number of restrictions and poor compression compared to an actual video. Often sites convert animated GIFs to videos because the result is smaller and works better.