why maxiumum gif size allowed only 8 MB?

[76561197996054810]

that's so limited 8 MB is too low quality it should be at least 15 MB

[Walach]

Well it depends on the pixel size of the image but 8 megs is a lot for a gif if I'm honest.

[ReBoot]

8MB is friggin' ginormous, especially in the age of limited traffic. Stop using GIFs as video replacement and you won't have this problem.

[76561197996054810]

8 MB is basically small size 10 frame gifs at like 3 seconds long... which is pretty crap quality for 2020 compared to higher quality 20 frames gifs

it's 2020 ..8MB limit is a joke

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by J:

8 MB is basically small size 10 frame gifs at like 3 seconds long... which is pretty crap quality for 2020 compared to higher quality 20 frames gifs

it's 2020 ..8MB limit is a joke

In 2020,theres that thing called "video". You should totes check it out.

[76561197996054810]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by J:

8 MB is basically small size 10 frame gifs at like 3 seconds long... which is pretty crap quality for 2020 compared to higher quality 20 frames gifs

it's 2020 ..8MB limit is a joke

In 2020,theres that thing called "video". You should totes check it out.

yes i know what a video is but do you know what a gif is? ?? do you know the point of a gif?

i'm talking about gifs here not videos.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by J:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

In 2020,theres that thing called "video". You should totes check it out.

yes i know what a video is but do you know what a gif is? ?? do you know the point of a gif?

i'm talking about gifs here not videos.

The point of GIFs is not to have lengthy high-definition animation. That's what videos are for.

[Theblaze]

Originally posted by J:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

In 2020,theres that thing called "video". You should totes check it out.

yes i know what a video is but do you know what a gif is? ?? do you know the point of a gif?

i'm talking about gifs here not videos.

GIFs are basically small clips but with lower quality and frames.

If you want high frames AND high quality, use a video format.

[ペンギン]

Originally posted by J:

that's so limited 8 MB is too low quality it should be at least 15 MB

Sure, why not 100? 15 is a bit less, or?

As example the last additions and changes to the Steam-platform made this already to a bloatware with headers, gifs, animations, broadcasting, microtrailer, teaser, card, achievement graphics, videos and community stuff...

And Valve Corporation has still not enough as you can see in the Machine Learning rat laboratory on the cost of customers (called Steamlab)

What do you think how much Gigabytes are loading for nothing? For ONE person that opens a page or loads a large library. Multiply this times for each Steam account and login each day.

And what do you think how much content is not optimzed for web? Especially because the client reads everything again and again.

For my part i am glad i can rip off all this unnecessary content from library, profiles and store pages and save a lot traffic.

Yes, we are in 2020 but other behaviours and implementation of mechanics are a joke too. From users and companies as well.

Do not forget. Not everyone on this planet has access to "western" standard internet provicers with highspeed. Another example are mobile contracts and roaming costs.

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There are things that make sense and there are things that make no sense...

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by J:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

In 2020,theres that thing called "video". You should totes check it out.

yes i know what a video is but do you know what a gif is? ?? do you know the point of a gif?

i'm talking about gifs here not videos.

Let's take a look at a quote from wikipedia regarding gifs

GIFs are suitable for sharp-edged line art with a limited number of colors, such as logos. This takes advantage of the format's lossless compression, which favors flat areas of uniform color with well defined edges.[26]
GIFs may be used to store low-color sprite data for games.[27]
GIFs can be used for small animations and low-resolution video clips.[27]
GIFs can be used as a reaction when messaging online, used to convey emotion and feelings, alternative to using words
Popular on social media platforms such as Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter.

I've bolded the portion that is particular to your issue. If you notice they can be used for Small Animations, which is exactly what you need it for. Anything longer would be better used as a video clip.

[nullable]

Originally posted by J:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

In 2020,theres that thing called "video". You should totes check it out.

yes i know what a video is but do you know what a gif is? ?? do you know the point of a gif?

i'm talking about gifs here not videos.

You're talking about using gifs in a way Valve isn't interested in supporting... so that's why they're only 8MB.

[SeriousCCIE]

yeah it comes across as unwanted and abusive after a while when threads are filled with numerous 8MB gifs that can take quite a while to download, display, and... well.

were it up to me I'd introduce a checkbox to turn all that flair off.

Depending on one's view of the shared wealth of reaction shots and embedded imagery, this was just as much of a problem with animated ansi or commodore 64 CG animation on bulletin boards at 1200bps years ago--the same people thought it was cool and the same opposite types of people wished there was a way to limit the impact.

[Tzm]

Originally posted by Theblaze:

Originally posted by J:

yes i know what a video is but do you know what a gif is? ?? do you know the point of a gif?

i'm talking about gifs here not videos.

GIFs are basically small clips but with lower quality and frames.

If you want high frames AND high quality, use a video format.

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