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Mozilla Adds MNG Support

Posted by emmett on from the animated-lizard dept.

HoserHead writes: "For those who are really worried about the Unisys patent on LZW compression in GIF files, the answer may soon be at hand: MNG is on the way. PNG has a brother in MNG, which is the free alternative to animated GIFs. Tim Rowley has recently sent Mozilla hackers a checkin of preliminary MNG support, as can be read here (Necko/Imglib section). Now, all that's needed is MNG export support for the GIMP!"

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  1. The lowdown on MNG by Linkmastah · · Score: 4
    For those of you unfamiliar with the MNG (Mulitple-image Network Graphics) format, you can get more info at these sites....

    The official MNG page is here, and this is a list of applications which do support MNG. As the article mentions, the GIMP is notable by its absence.

    This contains some interesting info on the MNG format, and this shows how MNG compares to other image formats.