User blog comment:BBilge/This site really needs: revamped ability animations/@comment-1915726-20110519042517/@comment-1915726-20110519070014

I guess the 256-color optimization Sam is using is "error dithering" rather than "nearest palette" which causes the graininess. But personally I still prefer embedding video from Youtube because 1) better framerate and resolution 2) able to watch in full screen, so no small and HD versions are needed to be created separately. 3) the advantage of 256 color depth is quite situational, when the camera is moving, the graphic is further muffled due to unintended motion blur. Still this strength mostly applies to graphic with sharp color contrast and low color-depth.