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title: twitter gifs, pinterest, ok.ru, and more!
date: January 17, 2024
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yes, you read that right. cobalt now lets you convert any twitter gif to an actual .gif file! (finally) just go to settings and enable this feature :)

service improvements:

• added an option to convert gifs from twitter into actual .gif format. files will be bigger and lower quality, but maybe you want that.
• pinterest support has been completely redone, now all videos (and even pin.it links) are supported.
• added support for ok.ru in case you're a russian grandma.
• now processing all reddit links (including old.reddit.com).
• instagram live vods are now supported.
• fixed a rare vimeo bug related to 1440p videos.

other improvements:

• ui fade in animation is no longer present if you've disabled animations.
• all images now have alt descriptions.
• cobalt html is now biblically correct and follows the html spec.
• lots of cleaning up.

patches since 7.8:

• shift+key shortcuts are now ignored if url bar is focused.
• longer soundcloud links are now supported, also catching more tiktok-related errors.
• removed mastodon from support links as that account is no longer active.
• added ability to download a specific video from multi media tweets and support for /mediaViewer links.
• fixed modal blurriness in chromium.
• minor html changes (road to biblically correct one).

lots of long-awaited updates (especially twitter gifs), hope you enjoy them and have a great day :D