{"id":8459,"date":"2017-07-31T19:13:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T13:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blogs\/?p=8459"},"modified":"2020-08-07T17:56:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:26:42","slug":"windows-10-mail-now-supports-animated-gifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/windows-10-mail-now-supports-animated-gifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Mail now Supports Animated GIFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you use animated GIFs in your emails to seek the attention of your users to a particular message and make your emails more engaging? Well, then you must be also dealing with the consequences of doing so &#8211; the trouble of it rendering in the subscribers\u2019 inbox.<\/p>\n<div class=\"banner_wrapper\" style=\"\"><div class=\"banner  banner-17407 bottom vert custom-banners-theme-default_style\" style=\"\"><a class=\"custom_banners_big_link\"  target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/custom-email-templates-design-coding\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom-email-design-coding.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom-email-design-coding.jpg 800w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom-email-design-coding-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom-email-design-coding-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom-email-design-coding-624x156.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>If designing enticing emails using interactive GIFs and coding them effectively for different <a href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/infographics\/ultimate-guide-email-client-hacks\/\">email clients<\/a> has become a turmoil for you, we have a good news to share!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Microsoft officially announces its release of support for animated GIFs for Windows 10 Mail.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taking the first step towards modernizing Microsoft rendering, this email client will now support and effectively display emails with animated GIFs.<!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-208f331a-4428-4d94-ace7-e6f0950f53b5\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-208f331a-4428-4d94-ace7-e6f0950f53b5\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-208f331a-4428-4d94-ace7-e6f0950f53b5\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/span><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<div class=\"banner_wrapper\" style=\"\"><div class=\"banner  banner-17419 bottom vert custom-banners-theme-default_style\" style=\"\"><a class=\"custom_banners_big_link\"  target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/interactive-email-templates\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rich-media.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rich-media.jpg 800w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rich-media-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rich-media-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rich-media-624x156.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Looking back\u2026<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H<\/span>ere\u2019s the list of email clients that have been rendering animated GIFs without any glitches:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outlook 2000-2003, Outlook.com, Outlook for Mac<\/li>\n<li>Apple Mail, iOS Mail<\/li>\n<li>Gmail<\/li>\n<li>Yahoo!<\/li>\n<li>Android (Default), Android (Gmail)<\/li>\n<li>AOL<\/li>\n<li>Blackberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But email clients like Outlook 2007-2013 and Windows Phone 7 do not support animated GIFs.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in our previous post on <a href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/email-rendering-issues-in-outlook-and-hacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outlook Rendering Issues and Hacks<\/a>, for newer versions of Outlook (2003+), only the first frame of the animation is displayed instead of the entire GIF. As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/hire-dedicated-email-developer\/\">email developers<\/a> have to code the GIF in such a way that the entire message of the GIF is conveyed in the first frame itself so that even if it does not render, the message still reaches the viewer.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Ahead?<\/h2>\n<p>With the update, this pitfall has been resolved and email developers will now be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/interactive-email-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">add animated GIFs into emails<\/a> and they will render properly on Windows 10 Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at this test email:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/thanksgiving-gif-in-windows-10-mail.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8467 size-full\" title=\"thanksgiving-gif-in-windows-10-mail\" src=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/thanksgiving-gif-in-windows-10-mail.gif\" alt=\"thanksgiving-gif-in-windows-10-mail\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, this rendering improvement is only for Windows 10 Mail as of now and it does not affect other desktop clients.<\/p>\n<div class=\"banner_wrapper\" style=\"\"><div class=\"banner  banner-17409 bottom vert custom-banners-theme-default_style\" style=\"\"><a class=\"custom_banners_big_link\"  target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/email-marketing-campaign-management-services\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/campaign-management.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/campaign-management.jpg 800w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/campaign-management-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/campaign-management-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/campaign-management-624x156.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>This upgrade is a great move towards overcoming rendering challenges in Outlook and we look forward to more. To stay updated on the latest changes and advancements in <a href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/custom-email-templates-design-coding\/\">email design and coding<\/a>, keep checking this space. Do you think that this advancement needs to be implemented in other Outlook variants? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you use animated GIFs in your emails to seek the attention of your users to a particular message and make your emails more engaging? Well, then you must be also dealing with the consequences of doing so &#8211; the trouble of it rendering in the subscribers\u2019 inbox. 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