On: Time.gif

[icebraining]

The main advantage is that, because a video format rather than an image that can loop, the player can discard past frames. The GIF method is probably constantly leaking memory.

[dom0 → icebraining]

> The GIF method is probably constantly leaking memory.

If the browser only keeps compressed frames, 16 GB will last for more than a year.

[tylerhou → icebraining]

GIFs can be non looping, but I'm not sure whether that flag is set at the beginning or end of the format.

[avereveard → icebraining]

yeah was wondering at what point chrome would give up, but the gif is only around 250kb per minute (0.004Mb/s)