User blog comment:Saratje/attempt: Animated item images/@comment-3523404-20120617035830/@comment-1992639-20120617161244

I agree that a GIF wouldn't be suited for most items on the page. The more I look at it, the more it looks jiggly and off.

In a future those animated APNG's will be fun, but the filesize for those us still through the roof when compared to normal PNG's. They're getting more and more compact with each upgrade though. APNG's however do look really smooth and proper just like normal PNG's, while GIF's are tacky as Jimeee said.

It'll be a problem to use models in flash. The moment you use models, you are essentially 'pirating' content by Bethesda, while a .gif or any other kind of animation is technically just a whole chain of framed screenshots.