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Gif2xlsx – Convert GIFs to Excel files

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Re: Gif2xlsx – Convert GIFs to Excel files

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> Why is your release binary built in debug mode? > Be grateful for what you have. I loved the FAQ overall. But something about this at the end made me bust out laughing.

No answer about why the sample picture isn't saved as a (static) gif though.

A gif of a gif in a excel spreadsheet? Are you mad?

Re: Gif2xlsx – Convert GIFs to Excel files

#32
post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No answer about why the sample picture isn't saved as a (static) gif though.

A gif of a gif in a excel spreadsheet? Are you mad?

This is a very good point. I've fixed it. https://github.com/pugwonk/gif2xlsx/commit/74867500ee9c43303...

Re: Gif2xlsx – Convert GIFs to Excel files

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

A note for the privacy-conscious: binaries built in debug mode may contain more personally identifiable information, including full paths and names. Looking at his profile page, he does not seem too worried about concealing his identity, but it's just something to keep in mind if you want to release something (pseudo-)anonymously.

Indeed, this information often even makes it into the app store. You can sometimes decompile (or run strings on) an app and see a developer's home directory, for example.

There is a pitch on the Swift forum to encode only the file name in a binary instead of the entire path, or hash it. The OP there makes some points about file size, even.

https://forums.swift.org/t/we-need-filename/

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