I’ve seen only few GIFs on Lemmy. Most of them are just links but I’ve see a handful that were actually animated within the apps (I forget which app it was maybe Memmy). Is there a reason for the lack of GiFs?
I’ve seen only few GIFs on Lemmy. Most of them are just links but I’ve see a handful that were actually animated within the apps (I forget which app it was maybe Memmy). Is there a reason for the lack of GiFs?
For those that don’t know, you can use gifs with the url/link Markdown format like this:
Edit: added a description
Make sure to include a description of it in the square brackets for our visually-impaired friends!
I’m going to try to keep this more in mind in the future. I’ve edited my comments here to include a description.
I’m going to test a thing, apologies if it doesn’t work for some users…
Edit: It’s supposed to be a pug licking the screen clean. MP4 format though, no audio. Works on most Discord communities.
Edit 2: I added a description for blind users. People in comments are saying it shows up in the web browser, but not yet in the mobile apps.
I’m probably an idiot for clicking a random tinyurl link someone posted, but it didn’t work for me in either the image preview or opening the link (on an Android phone)
Interesting. I found myself having difficulty retrieving the full link myself, but I guarantee it’s an innocent silly link.
Lemme try again with the full link…
I can see this on the mobile browser but not in the Liftoff app