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title: "GIF"
description: "1 posts about GIF, summarised, each linking to the original."
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# GIF
> 1 posts about GIF, summarised, each linking to the original.

## Articles

### [Show, don't tell, with GIFs - The Intercom Blog](https://yomu.fyi/post/show-don-x27-t-tell-with-gifs-the-intercom-blog.md)
- Company: [Intercom](https://yomu.fyi/company/intercom.md)
- Published: Oct 13, 2026
- Type: Explainer

Often dismissed as outdated, the GIF format has found a crucial new role in customer support for showing users how to perform tasks, replacing inefficient convoluted text instructions. Intercom uses GIFs to demonstrate actions, following the “Show, don’t tell” principle, which removes the need for step enumeration and annotations. They are particularly effective for reporting interface errors such as broken transitions or animations, removing the need for arrows, lines, and wordy descriptions. Recording a desktop area into a GIF is easy with free tools like Licecap for macOS, or GifGrabber and GifBrewery as alternatives. Customers respond enthusiastically to these GIFs, often asking how they were made, and they can be used across emails, in-app messages, and documentation.