Lemmy webm image links showing as downloadable files (iOS 16.6.1) (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LillyPip@lemmy.ca to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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I’ve only noticed this in the past few days. Not sure if it’s a new issue, but I feel I wasn’t getting this before last week. (Eta: I’m on the latest update) Most Lemmy image links in comments are doing this now.

Sorry if it’s been posted already; I tried searching and didn’t see anything.

Thank you for all your hard work – I LOVE Voyager! ❤️

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[-] DuckGuy@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm guessing Lemmy is now converting GIFs to WEBMs to save space, then.

Trouble is, I just tried it on my end and yeah, Safari won't open it. VLC can, however. I guess it means Lemmy apps will need to add a webm library now.

Edit: just saw your edit. I'm mentioning Safari because clearly Voyager was trying to open the webm using the in-app browser and not natively. Meaning Voyager doesn't know how to deal with this format.