Email Design Podcast #71: Animated GIF Support in Windows 10 Mail and Faking Video in Email with CSS Animated Sprites

In the 71st episode of The Email Design Podcast, Kevin Mandeville and Jason Rodriguez announce the support of animated GIFs in Windows 10 Mail, the resolution of image gaps bug in Outlook.com and Office 365, faking video in email with CSS animated sprites, and more. Be sure to follow along and join in the discussion on Twitter using #EmailDesignPodcast.

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In this episode:

• (0:24) Animated GIF support comes to Windows 10 Mail and the image gaps bug is fixed in Outlook.com and Office 365: An exciting announcement from the Litmus-Microsoft partnership.
• (3:31) Yahoo! Mail rendering updates: display: none; and !important is now supported inline and the div scrollbars bug has been fixed.
• (7:43) AWeber Email Libs: Build your own email copy with this fun generator.
• (9:46) Faux Video in Email | UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 Email: A review of faking video in email using CSS animated sprites including a nice wrinkle of adding interaction control it using the checkbox hack.
• (14:41) Email of the Week: Grammarly Weekly Progress Report

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