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by modeless 4451 days ago
And turn off video controls. They get in the way and lack of them never hurt gif.
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Hmm... the video controls only appear when I hover above the video, atleast on the 5 or so webm files I tried on 4chan just now.
Please don't. gifs are constrained by file size and usually 10-20 seconds or less. When you approach the minute range being able to navigate through rather than watching the whole thing again becomes valuable. Thankfully there's no sound, so at least there's no issue with volume levels.
Some browsers keep playing the video after you scroll past. Being able to stop it using the controls is valuable.