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mh-yesterday at 10:10 PM6 repliesview on HN

This is great. Small, trivial suggestion: the gif that loops in the README should pause on the screen w/ the output for a few seconds longer - it disappears (restarts) too quickly to take in all of the output.


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godelskitoday at 2:40 AM

  > the gif that loops in the README should pause on the screen
Honestly, I think a screenshot is better than a gif. That last frame says everything you need.
pranshuparmartoday at 11:36 AM

Thanks everyone for the feedback on the GIF! I though it looked good but when I went back to see it from a user's POV, it was really miserable, haha. I've already switched it to a static image, appreaciate everyone's input and suggestions.

Neywinyyesterday at 11:07 PM

I would also argue it shouldn't be a gif. It's nice that it shows the command is fast I guess but it's one command that's still visible in the final frame. Not as bandwidth efficient and agreed I can't read it all in time

thaumasiotestoday at 10:38 AM

You can make that problem irrelevant with the much, much simpler solution of not animating it at all. Stay paused on the output 100% of the time!

The gif is adding no value. I already know what typing text into a terminal looks like.

stavrosyesterday at 10:40 PM

https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs is a really good utility for automatically making these gifs.

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rzzzttoday at 12:47 AM

Also the pause button seems to take the GIF back to its first frame, then resume from where I paused... either that or I need a good sleep.