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
I see it on the web browser.
Doesn’t show in Memmy
Hello there friend!
Using the magic of the fediverse to be here.Doesn’t open inline for me, but I’m also viewing this from kbin.social so there might be embedding issues
The orly owl was my favorite meme circa 2007