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PNG Second Edition Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

Posted by michael on from the just-in-time-for-lzw-patent-to-expire dept.

Quadraphonic writes "I'm surprised I haven't seen this yet: PNG Second Edition is a W3C Proposed Recommendation. Thoughts?"

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  1. Now if we ... by altp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... Could get web masters to stop using gifs and jpegs. Adaptation of PNG moves slowly, at least here, for 2 reasons.

    1) Web masters are more of a designer than a tech, they don't follow all the newest developments (most here still use HTML 1.0).

    2) Netscape 4.x doesn't load them, and administration feels that it is important to support the people that refuse to upgrade.

    Again, thats here ... but i'm sure these behaviors flow to many places.

    Altp.

  2. Re:Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can still use single bit transparency with IE without any hacks, making it a fine replacement for GIF. But, alas, this is one of the risks of having one browser have such a large market share... slower innovation.