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GIF Support Returns to GD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the celebrate-good-times-come-on dept.

g_adams27 writes "Legions of geeks and developers owe a debt of gratitude to Tom Boutell and his "gd" library, which powers the drawing and graphic-generating tools used by dozens of open-source projects. And now, with the expiration of the last Unisys patent on the GIF format, support for GIFs has finally been reinserted in gd. The GIF/PNG/MNG wars may continue, but having more options is good!"

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  1. Re:Did anyone really stop using gifs? by Karamchand · · Score: 1, Interesting

    For many of the uses the GIF file was much smaller than an equal looking PNG file, even when using tools like pngcrush.
    So while PNG might be technically or whatever superior and though I appreciate PNG for many uses as well I am still glad GIF has returned to GD.

  2. Re:Did anyone really stop using gifs? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    > only posers that code only for the bleeding edge pan the old tricks
    > do you get the point I am making?

    Yep, I do. People like YOU are posers. CSS is hardly 'bleeding edge.' People like YOU are what's holding back 4-year-old standards from becoming requirements. The point you're making is that you're a shortsighted idiot with little real comprehension of the impact of the things you do.