A Polymer element for flexible GIF playback

Post by Houshalter » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 3:44 PM UTC

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There are two things that seem to be necessary for an image host to be successful on Reddit: 1) be extremely fast (why people hate i.minus compared to imgur), and 2) don't provide any content that can have sound. 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 u…

This is the problem. Take your current code, host it on a different url (gifcrush?) and remove audio support.

Post by munificent » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC

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Or just mute by default, but allow users to click to play sound.

It remembers your preferred volume, though that feature isn't very discoverable. You could set it to zero and all videos would start muted. Ideas on making that more discoverable?

Post by nmeofthestate » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 5:13 PM UTC

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I would disable any auto-playing audio technology on my Android phone; accessing the media volume control is such a huge pain in the arse - multiple taps and drags to rummage into the Settings and get to it. NB: the hardware controls only set the ringtone volume, unless you're too late and the phone is already playing media†. †hopefully - sometimes the hardware volume buttons still don't control media volume even whe…

When you click the volume control, it brings up your ringer volume. At the right-hand side of the volume control is a settings button. That button will bring up all your volumes in a little floating bubble, so you can always change any volume in one click + 2 taps, and no "rummaging".

Post by sp332 » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 5:28 PM UTC

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When you click the volume control, it brings up your ringer volume. At the right-hand side of the volume control is a settings button. That button will bring up all your volumes in a little floating bubble, so you can always change any volume in one click + 2 taps, and no "rummaging".

Hmm... I see no sign of this button on Android 4.4.2.

Post by Houshalter » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 6:37 PM UTC

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> Ideas on making that more discoverable? 1. Start off muted. 2. If the user views a video that has sound and is muted, put some small verbiage under the video saying it's muted.

I don't like "start off muted". You can upload proper videos to MediaCrush, why should they be muted? How about a little balloon thingy on the volume UI that tells you it'll be remembered?