&gt;GIF has already been replaced by better formats.<p>As long as Chrome&#x2F;Webkit doesn&#x27;t support APNG, there&#x27;s no ubiquitous format that directly replaces GIF.<p>&gt;Today, &quot;GIF&quot; nearly always means a short looping video with horrible compression.<p>To me, GIF means an image format. The fact that many people misuse the terminology doesn&#x27;t mean we should propagate it. Instead, people should be educated on the difference between lossy video formats and image formats that support animation, and which is preferable for various sorts of media. Articles like the OP only confuse the issue further. As someone who has authored animation-editing software (Animstack script for GIMP), it&#x27;s a major pain in the ass to explain these misconceptions to users. The least we can do is to use correct terminology, and educate people at every opportunity.