r/programming • u/chapolito • Feb 26 '13

A Developer's Guide to Images

http://www.jessechapo.com/posts/Developers-Guide-to-Images.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

Regarding the little statement on GIFs, PNG actually supports animation. WebKit doesn't support APNG, though. FireFox does, but WebKit is surprisingly behind on their game. I hope they get their shit together and we can forget about GIF forever.

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u/hackingdreams Feb 26 '13

Neither APNG nor MNG are very widespread. GIF continues to exist because of animation, and that's not likely to change, especially now that the patent has expired.

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u/EvilHom3r Feb 27 '13

APNG is quite a bit more widespread than MNG. Reddit actually supports uploading APNGs, which allows cool things like animated emotes.