It's always fun learning new things and GIFs have their place so it's a fun bit of knowledge. Plus I'd guess there is a target audience that would say the GIF is better then static art. Never hurts to evolve and learn new skills.
BTW, No idea how I jumped to the wrong comment and replied there...thinking to little sleep this week is catching up with me. Been on 4 hours a night for about 6 days now.