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For example loading a 3mb gif would be something like 330+ frame elements that are being looped.
But I like the idea though :)
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> which is literally what a video is People don't really want GIFs; what people want are filesize-limited, auto-playing-but-only-while-visible, auto-looping, and silent-by-default videos. Let's call these "animated images." The problem is thus: you're designing a piece of forum software, and you're considering whether to allow people to embed various elements in their posts. There's problems with allowing people to e…
All of those criteria are satisfied by a element with the "muted" attribute set, plus a little bit of JS if you want to be able to pause the video when it's scrolled out of view or the user is looking at a different tab. I don't buy the argument about stealing bandwidth. A 50MB GIF is just as much of a bandwidth leech as a 50MB MP4.
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Give me an imgur of silent filesize limited html5 videos. No, youtube or vine don't cut it, I want to be able to give people a link to a raw file that they will automatically know to be small and silent.
http://gfycat.com/ has been gaining popularity on reddit lately. Links allow you to pick gif or html5 video. Example: http://gfycat.com/GlisteningBruisedClingfish
It also seems that there is a discrepancy in permissible length with them. They will allow you to upload gifs that are longer than 15 seconds, but not videos that are longer than 15 seconds.
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Give me an imgur of silent filesize limited html5 videos. No, youtube or vine don't cut it, I want to be able to give people a link to a raw file that they will automatically know to be small and silent.
http://gfycat.com/ has been gaining popularity on reddit lately. Links allow you to pick gif or html5 video. Example: http://gfycat.com/GlisteningBruisedClingfish
I made this website, use it instead: https://mediacru.sh
It also does HTML5 GIFs and has a fallback for phones and such. BUT it's also open source, much higher quality, more featureful, and supports more than just GIFs.
Even though MediaCrush and gfycat started around the same time and MediaCrush is much better, I can't seem to get people to use it more. I guess our users are less evangelical.
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http://gfycat.com/ has been gaining popularity on reddit lately. Links allow you to pick gif or html5 video. Example: http://gfycat.com/GlisteningBruisedClingfish
No no no no no ;_; I made this website, use it instead: https://mediacru.sh It also does HTML5 GIFs and has a fallback for phones and such. BUT it's also open source, much higher quality, more featureful, and supports more than just GIFs. Even though MediaCrush and gfycat started around the same time and MediaCrush is much better, I can't seem to get people to use it more. I guess our users are less evangelical.
Other than that, great work. You can do it.
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No no no no no ;_; I made this website, use it instead: https://mediacru.sh It also does HTML5 GIFs and has a fallback for phones and such. BUT it's also open source, much higher quality, more featureful, and supports more than just GIFs. Even though MediaCrush and gfycat started around the same time and MediaCrush is much better, I can't seem to get people to use it more. I guess our users are less evangelical.
You need a flashier, more colorful logo and a bright red BETA tag and a cute name and silly slogan and a login link and a moving number counter on the front page. gfycat looks alive, yours looks static and cold. mediacru.sh is hard to type and not as memorable of a name. Average internet user won't care about "open source" or features they don't know are missing. Other than that, great work. You can do it.
Lying about "bandwidth saved" doesn't sit well with me.
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http://gfycat.com/ has been gaining popularity on reddit lately. Links allow you to pick gif or html5 video. Example: http://gfycat.com/GlisteningBruisedClingfish
No no no no no ;_; I made this website, use it instead: https://mediacru.sh It also does HTML5 GIFs and has a fallback for phones and such. BUT it's also open source, much higher quality, more featureful, and supports more than just GIFs. Even though MediaCrush and gfycat started around the same time and MediaCrush is much better, I can't seem to get people to use it more. I guess our users are less evangelical.
I don't know what your service speed is like, but you break that second rule which seems really important to Reddit. Redditors don't actually seem to want "more featureful" in a n image host. Gfycat has an unquestionably clear sole purpose: to be a faster "GIF" host (by providing an HTML5 video option).
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You need a flashier, more colorful logo and a bright red BETA tag and a cute name and silly slogan and a login link and a moving number counter on the front page. gfycat looks alive, yours looks static and cold. mediacru.sh is hard to type and not as memorable of a name. Average internet user won't care about "open source" or features they don't know are missing. Other than that, great work. You can do it.
Suggestions on a better name? Ours was suggested by a user, we're no good at naming things. Also, we had a beta tag for a while, but then we removed it because our product was feature-complete. Lying about "bandwidth saved" doesn't sit well with me.
The beta tag is a big red marketing thing that makes it feel like a Google service and makes people feel like they are using something cutting edge. It looks good. People like certifications and symbols and affiliations and logos, it makes things feel official and valuable. You can always be in beta as you are always adding features. You could put a bunch of Github and Open Source and EFF logos then if you want to play up the open source aspect, most average Reddit users won't care but it will look cool.
The "bandwidth saved" thing is a gimmick and nobody will even think about what it means, it is just a big moving number on the homepage, like the storage space thing on GMail. It makes it feel alive and valuable. So don't focus on the fact that it's useless, you'll get frustrated. Try to learn from the marketing significance of it.
I think the theme switcher isn't too important. Just make it more stylish and keep pushing, add account management, and you will surely continue gaining momentum. You have something great!
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Can you even autoplay HTML5 video on a page in, say, the platform I'm posting from, iOS 7?
No. And those with bandwidth caps are doubly grateful for that. Once for not being opted into wasting bandwidth, and again for the smaller file size if they choose to use it.