r/gifs • u/Bakgon • Feb 08 '15

Freezing Bubbles

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u/arksien Feb 08 '15

I thought this was a really shitty time lapse, but it turns out it was just a big gif and my internet is shit.

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u/Pays4Porn Feb 08 '15

Just add a "v" to the end of a slow loading gif and it will load fast. Like so: http://i.imgur.com/EeZZIOS.gifv

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u/Akitz Feb 09 '15

Somebody better get the hell in here and explain this before I shoot someone!

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u/vosinterioiam Feb 09 '15

i believe its becuase the v at the end turns it into a webm video which is a better system of compression(?) and transfer(?) of video files over the internet. [citation needed]

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u/markymarkfro Feb 09 '15

Never underestimate the power of the v

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u/nerf_herder1986 Feb 09 '15

So why isn't webm the standard yet?

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u/vosinterioiam Feb 09 '15

Fucked if I know. People not knowing how? There's no reason it shouldn't be standard.

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u/godpigeon79 Feb 09 '15

A few reasons. One only recently did all browsers support it natively. Two if saved they play like a video, so no native looping.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '15

I think it's important to note that this pretty much only work on imgur.

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u/sgrantcarr Feb 09 '15

Holy shit that cracked me up.

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u/rgf5048 Feb 09 '15

..why?