Err, why is it a GIF when it’s static? We compress GIFs heavily because they are many MB high when not. For static use PNG/JPEG/WEBP so it is not compressed and in full glory
Ugh, nostr:npub1nxy4qpqnld6kmpphjykvx2lqwvxmuxluddwjamm4nc29ds3elyzsm5avr7 really compressed it. Trying again with nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg.
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I didn’t create it, I downloaded it. It looked fine to me before I posted it. How is the user supposed to know how you apply compression to specific file types?
They are not supposed to really know, it’s just very unusual for GIF to be used in the modern times for something that is not animated. I could technically check for that and act accordingly, but you are the first to point this out in 2 years, so thank you! 🫂🫡
GIFs were often used for bitmap images with a limited color palette prior to PNGs and I’m sure there are many people that still use them.
This image is fairly old (apparently from 2007) and created by some type of data visualization software.
It came from here:
https://www.visualizingeconomics.com/blog/2007/09/22/new-york-city-poverty-map
I’ll patch this up, since the intention was not to optimize static GIFs as animations if they are not. Apparently a bug in my code somewhere 😅😭
Look at me, the accidental bug sleuth. 🪲🔍
On Nostr you're half user, half tester 💯
Always has been!
Ok, Mr. SuperDuperTester! Fixed now, but the old GIF that you uploaded will be deduped for the free upload (which was used) so any new hashes of static GIFs will be fine now 😂🫡🫂🚀
Images come around and go around. They are relatively small in the scheme of things. Worrying about formats is a job for systems creators not users.
Smart systems can do many things to be more efficient. Complaining to users is not a reasonable one.
Almost 20 years ago I added a backup system to a network of 50+ PCs. I think the software was called BackupPC. Freeware on Linux. Was able to backup all files from 50+ Windows boxes to one smallish drive.
It checked every new file against the archives and used hard links instead of duplication.
I suspect that method would be enormously fruitful for common images and other files.
Already done 🫡