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    Default GIFV support

    There has been a request to add support for Imgur's new GIFV thing to MyGaming.

    This seems to be do-able with custom BB Code tags, but before implementing it I thought I'd find out how ya'll would want it to work.

    So one option is using a tag like [imgur-gifv] with the ID of the GIFV from Imgur. I.e.:

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    [imgur-gifv]zvATqgs[/imgur-gifv]
    This would be translated to an iFrame in the actual post. I can't let you just paste the whole URL in, because that would let people create iFrames with arbitrary sources, which could lead to very bad things.

    The alternative is to have a tag like [gifv] which takes the whole URL, minus the extension, and creates an HTML5 video tag out of it, i.e.

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    [gifv]http://i.imgur.com/zvATqgs[/gifv]
    The trade-off is that this won't be as widely supported in browsers as the iFrame is, I think.

    What is your preference?

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    I vote option 2.

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    Perhaps would be the simplest, IMO.


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    I also vote for option 2. Nice addition!

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    What about my girlfriend? She's just friendly ok!

    Great addition! Looks a lot like WebM.

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    Option 2. According to http://caniuse.com/, most modern browsers supports the codecs and tags in question. Opera and Opera mini being the odd ones out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jan View Post
    There has been a request to add support for Imgur's new GIFV thing to MyGaming.

    This seems to be do-able with custom BB Code tags, but before implementing it I thought I'd find out how ya'll would want it to work.

    So one option is using a tag like [imgur-gifv] with the ID of the GIFV from Imgur. I.e.:

    Code:
    [imgur-gifv]zvATqgs[/imgur-gifv]
    This would be translated to an iFrame in the actual post. I can't let you just paste the whole URL in, because that would let people create iFrames with arbitrary sources, which could lead to very bad things.

    The alternative is to have a tag like [gifv] which takes the whole URL, minus the extension, and creates an HTML5 video tag out of it, i.e.

    Code:
    The trade-off is that this won't be as widely supported in browsers as the iFrame is, I think.

    What is your preference?
    Is this within reference to their GIFS?
    Cause I know everyone is converting to either .webm or .MP4 due to the size differences.

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    I also say option 2. Srange that there is no poll on this post...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crzwaco View Post
    I also say option 2. Srange that there is no poll on this post...
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    oooh eugene is already a gif addict, this is going to be worse

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