Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 1, 20161/ Animated GIFs have far more potential than people realize, consider the potential for instruction manualsQuote TweetChenoe Hart@chenoehart·Jan 1, 2016Think GIFs have overlooked potential for instruction manual design. https://twitter.com/ClearDesignLab/status/681532088496091136…3620
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 1, 2016Replying to @vgr2/ Or for yoga poses or proper form for strength trainingQuote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 1, 2016Replying to @chenoehart@chenoehart yes! Ikea needs these online. Also great for yoga poses, correct form for free weight lifts...bottleneck is animation artwork16
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr3/ Dig deeper, and you realize the animated gif is actually a refactored pause button6:46 PM · Jan 1, 20161 Retweet8 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 1, 2016Replying to @vgr4/ Time is linear and smooth paced (1s/s). Pause/resume makes it choppy, but freeze-frame is not really what we want14
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 1, 2016Replying to @vgr5/ Think how you actually consume video that's faster than you can process. You rewind/play repeatedly, rather than pausing27
Chenoe Hart@chenoehart·Jan 1, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr I've wondered before if GIFs need pause buttons, or if pause buttons just masked a design flaw to begin with.313
vladimir@vladw0rld·Jan 1, 2016Replying to @chenoehart@chenoehart @vgr maybe instead of a pause button, a "rewind ~2 seconds and play the next few seconds at half speed" button1