[robertoandred]

Don’t use GIFs for videos.

[empyrical]

I really hope that HEIF animations can take the place of GIFs someday.

http://nokiatech.github.io/heif/comparison.html

[gruez]

>I really hope that HEIF animations

considering that HEIF is based on HEVC, wouldn't "HEIF animations" just be HEVC videos?

[empyrical]

Basically what this commenter said, but substitute WebP and WebM for HEIF and HEVC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26298606

GIFs have a nice convenience to them that straight-up video files lack