12 replies

1. Rasmus Fløe Bluesky 8 min later

   Pfff... rookie numbers.

   I once saved 39mb on an animated gif an editor had put on the front our news website (national danish broadcasting corporation) - by removing said animated gif 😅

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 11 min later

      oh my!

      1. Konnor Rogers Bluesky 13 min later

         I would like to propose an international ban on the `.gif` extension due to the amount of unnecessary bytes it results in over the wire. Who do I call to make this happen?

         1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 23 min later

            whenever I don’t know I just cc @bradfrost.com

            1. Brad Frost Bluesky 22 hr later

               I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT!

               1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 22 hr later

                  clutch, appreciate it

                  1. Brad Frost Bluesky 22 hr later

                     It's done!

                     1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 22 hr later

                        we must only move as fast as an animated gif loads

         2. Rasmus Fløe Bluesky 28 min later

            ... and that browsers always autoplay them no matter user preferences is just 🤯

2. Roel Nieskens Mastodon 18 hr later

   @zachleat @11ty I love it when perf wins take less characters than this message!

3. Build Awesome (11ty) Mastodon 18 hr later

   @zachleat y’all can read more about this on the docs directly: https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/image/#animated-images

4. Build Awesome (11ty) Bluesky 18 hr later

   y’all can read more about this on the Image utility docs: www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins...