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Gmail Cache Increases GIF Size
Hi guys
I'm blaming the GIF compressor of Gmail... I read some gripes about it but I can't find anything similar to my issue: Gmail cache grows up (almost doubles) the size of my GIF.
An example: my 1.2 MB GIF
and the Gmail one, 2 MB
It's a recent issue because I tested lot of GIFs created until the mid of June and the problem is very limited (the size grows up circa by 10% but not 100%) and noone seems to talk about that problem... I'm about to contact the Gmail support team but I'd like to know if someone is facing the same problem.
Thank you
Stefano
In the meantime I've raised a discussion in the Gmail help forum
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/yREsXFVtOw0;context-place=forum/gmail
I'm glad to see a confirmation of the issue from the Gmail team. I've been experiencing the same issue (cached images ending up larger than original). In addition to that, I've also had issues with degradation of the image quality on top of increased file size. I've been forced to use jpg in situations where I definitely should've used gif. Hopefully a solution can be found.