Called Project GIFV, the GIF files uploaded to the service are automatically converted into the MP4 video format, which are smaller individual GIF files, have improved quality, and load faster.

Here’s a little-known Internet secret: GIF files -- the preferred ... bring the frequently laggy and lo-res file format into the modern era. Entitled Project GIFV, Imgur will now automatically ...

The image sharing site's "Imgur"Converts the uploaded animation GIF file into MP4 movie called gifv format"Project GIFV"It was started. Because gifv format MP4 movies are dramatically smaller in ...

The web's favorite file format just turned 30. Yep, it turns out the GIF is a millennial ... Sir Tim Berners-Lee announced his World Wide Web project and six years before the Mosiac browser ...

Wilhite was even honored Tuesday with a Lifetime Achievement Webb Award in recognition of inventing the file format. In the words of the official Webby website: ‘The proliferation of the GIF ...