GIF support

[Kenneth Benson]

A quick question.....does PNG support animations?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doncho N. Gunchev [mailto:mr700 at globalnet.bg]
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:15 AM
> To: fedora-devel-list at redhat.com
> Cc: Julien Olivier; russell at coker.com.au
> Subject: Re: GIF support
> 
> 
> On Saturday 26 June 2004 12:34, Julien Olivier wrote:
> > > GIF is not suitable for photos (doesn't compress well at 
> today's color depth).  
> > > PNG makes a file of comparable size to GIF for generated 
> graphics or other 
> > > situations where you want non-lossy compression.
> > > 
> > > So what does GIF offer?  In the past it offered 
> compatibility with older 
> > > software but that shouldn't be an issue now.
> > > 
> > > Adding it to specialised image processing tools may be 
> good for compatibility, 
> > > but is there a real need to add it to every program that 
> supports writinga 
> > > graphics file?
> > 
> > 
> > AFAIK, the latest Internet Explorer still doesn't support 
> transparent
> > PNGs. So, if you want to publish transparent pictures on 
> your website,
> > and have them look good for 90% of your audience, you still 
> have to use
> > GIFs.
> > 
> > Or is there another solution ?
> > 
>     You might want to look at "MSIE PNG Alpha Channel Fix"
> http://redvip.homelinux.net/varios/explorer-png-en.html and
> http://www.koivi.com/ie-png-transparency/ (this one uses php 
> to convert pages
> and I don't like it as much). AFAIK MSIE for mac PCs does 
> support this without
> ugly hacks. I hope mozilla and probably IE will have full 
> mng/jng support some
> day...
> 
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