The GIF is to showcase how a particular command would work. GIFs are also a better visual aid for the user, as compared to a screenshot which is static.
Plus, it declutters the user guide as you would not need to have so many screenshots to show the user.
@bakano98 Indeed, gifs can be useful for that purpose. Unfortunately, the UG and DG are to be submitted to LumiNUS as PDF files; so, can't use gifs. Hence, the following constraint:
The GIF is to showcase how a particular command would work. GIFs are also a better visual aid for the user, as compared to a screenshot which is static.
Plus, it declutters the user guide as you would not need to have so many screenshots to show the user.