Nangona sele kuyiminyaka engama-30 ukusukela oko kwazalwa ifomathi ye-GIF, kule minyaka idlulileyo iye yaba sesinye sezixhobo ezisetyenziswa kakhulu ngabasebenzisi xa kufikwa ekubonakaliseni iimvakalelo zabo, endaweni yokuqhubeka nokusebenzisa ii-GIF ezibuhlungu nezingaphiliyo. Yintoni egqithisile, phantse yonke imihla sinazo inani elikhulu leefayile ezikule fomathi, esivumela ukuba singaziphindi nanini na. U-Facebook ubonakala engazange azithande kakhulu ezi ntlobo zeefayile kwaye kude kube izolo, inethiwekhi enkulu yezentlalo emhlabeni ayinikanga iqhosha elizinikeleyo kwinethiwekhi yoluntu ukuphendula kumagqabantshintshi ngefayile yoopopayi kule fomathi. Ewe ifumaneka kuphela xa uphendula kumagqabantshintshi, hayi ukubhala iimpapasho eludongeni.
Ukuze sikwazi ukuphendula kumagqabantshintshi usebenzisa ifayile kule fomathi, kufuneka nje ucofe impendulo kwaye ucofe kwiqhosha le-GIF elizinikeleyo, iqhosha eliza kuvula iwindow entsha apho iiGIFs ezithandwayo ziya kuboniswa khona kunye sivumele ukuba sikhangele i-gif enkulu yewebhu, iGhipy. Ukuyithumela, kufuneka ucofe nje kwi-GIF esifuna ukuyithumela kwaye iya kubonakala ngokuzenzekelayo njengempendulo.
Eli nqaku litsha alifumaneki kuphela kwisicelo esisemthethweni seFacebook, likwafumaneka nakwiwebhusayithi yenkampani. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku sinako ukusebenzisa olu hlobo lweefayile kodwa ngekhonkco, elithi yenze kwanzima ukusebenzisa eli nqaku, inyanzela abasebenzisi abaninzi ukuba bangayisebenzisi. Kodwa enkosi kweli qhosha litsha, kusenokwenzeka ukuba iimpapasho zethu ziya kuqala ukugcwalisa ngeefayile zolu hlobo, into enokubaluleka kakhulu kubasebenzisi abaninzi benethiwekhi.
