Develop guidelines for animated gifs

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing documentation's animated GIF assets and any current guidance. Develop easy-to-implement standards covering frame rate, resolution, pauses, looping, text, and progress indicators; done means the guidance supports a consistent experience across the docs.

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Description

doc-enhancement docs-experience

Create an easy-to-understand/implement set of guidelines when creating animated gif assets to ensure a consistent experience across our docs. Includes, but not limited to:

  • frame rate
  • resolution
  • duration of pause between steps
  • duration / number of frames before looping
  • use of text
  • progress indicator
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