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some of those pixels seem to be moving.
Apparently it's this new file format called .gif where you can compress videos into a small file that any browser can read
funnily enough, GIF is a lossles file format. but it only allows 8-bit color.
The compression usually happens before it is saved as a gif. It can use 8-bit colours, but it takes up less space if you use fewer.
Does it index the colors?
Yep, I think so, I haven't looked at the standard, just assuming from the gif save dialog in photoshop.
And how is that gif pronounced?
gif.
Exactly right. I hate it when people pronounce it as gif instead.
Like jiff or like jizz
Giraffe.
Garage.
yiff
Gilf
compress
Ugh, they don't seem to do a good job on that. :/
That's pretty clever, would have been ideal for a 20 year old feature phone.