From b306f6712fa21192c8d9c2a8568aa97721a69b87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reda Lemeden Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:47:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add some details to README --- README.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0af5e7a..4c2c2d2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ -Adds animated GIF support to UIKit. For the Japanese prefecture, click [here](https://goo.gl/maps/CCeAc). +Adds performant animated GIF support to UIKit, without subclassing `UIImagevIew`. For the Japanese prefecture, click [here](https://goo.gl/maps/CCeAc). #### Why? -Because Apple's `+animatedImage*` sucks, and the few third party implementations that -got it right (see [Credits](#credits)) still require you to use a `UIImageView` subclass. +Because Apple's `+animatedImage*` is not meant to be used for animated GIFs (loads all the frames in memory), and the few third party implementations that got it right (see [Credits](#credits)) still require you to use a `UIImageView` subclass, which is not very flexible and might clash with other application-specific functionality. #### How?