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At Last, PNG An ISO Standard Under Publication

Posted by timothy on from the vectors-n-stuff dept.

Jeex writes "After its first draft back in '95, the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format is finally, as of 2003-04-25, an ISO standard under publication. Links: ISO technical programme: JTC 1/SC 24, PNG Homepage."

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  1. Noobs by Profane+Motherfucker · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    After leading the cry against the evils of patents and the overzealous attacks on end users by corporate lawyers, It's nice to see that Slashdot still uses GIFs.

    Fools.

  2. Re:Great! by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    IE has proper support for 8-bit png. It's only transparent and maybe some 32-bit png that it doesn't support.

    PS - do you prefer sucking Hemos's dick or CmdrTaco's dick?

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Thank you Microsoft. by fluor2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is why I prefer Microsoft Products . The standards just take TOO LONG to make. 1995? There are just too many people getting involved when standards are made.

    Good luck ISO, International Slow-down-the evolution Organization !

    If we compare with the history of Unix and BSD in general, we would still stick to command-line windows in Xwindows if it had not been for Microsoft Windows. Thank you Microsoft.