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untog
on Aug 28, 2014
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Citymapper is what happens when you understand use...
That's what's needed - an iframe embed that detects and loads accordingly.
... but you couldn't embed that on Medium, anyway.
dublinben
on Aug 28, 2014
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You don't need to use an iframe. HTML5 video tags natively support multiple formats. Between WebM and H.264, you support every major browser.
untog
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But with no inline playing on iPhones.
MBCook
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Some of us consider that a feature. If you go inline then either your video is distracting and hard to scroll past or tiny and hard to see. Neither of those is a good experience.
untog
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No matter how you feel, the end result is everyone using GIFs when targeting iPhone. So you end up downloading much bigger files.
Doesn't seem like a win for anyone.
snowwrestler
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It's definitely still harder to work with videos than gifs, thus we all pay the bandwidth penalty.
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... but you couldn't embed that on Medium, anyway.