Presenting APNG: Like MNG, Only Better

An anonymous reader writes "It's fair to say that most people love PNG images (or at least hate GIFs). However, the one advantage GIFs have over PNGs is that they can be animated. There is, of course, an animated version of PNG, MNG, but few programs can view these images (mainly because the MNG decoder is so large that the likes of Mozilla refuse to include it). But there may be an answer coming: Vladimir Vukicevic and Stuart 'Pavlov' Parmenter (of Mozilla fame) have put together a specification for APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics)." (Read more below.)

"Unlike MNG, APNG is not a separate file format, but rather an extension to PNG. Thus, APNG images are just normal PNG images (with the .png extension) but can be animated. The system is fully backwards-compatable, so any program that can open a PNG image will be able to open an APNG image (though non-APNG viewers will only show the first frame). Vitally, the decoder just adds an extra few kilobytes onto a standard PNG decoder. APNG support is in the process of being checked into Mozilla. Hopefully, other programs will follow suit."

Comments

Re:Need help

[Matheus Villela]

How do I convert from kilograms to pounds?

Yeah, i know it's offtopic, but i will show something i like :)

Search in google:
Nkg to pounds
N = the number of Kilograms you want to convert to pounds

One simple result:
http://www.google.com/search?q=2kg+to+pounds
And the google calculator will say to you:
2 kilograms = 4.40924524 pounds

I love google :)

Re:Need help

[e9th]

How many mod points were lost to this troll? Sheesh, people.

Re:It's all about Microsoft

[Eideewt]

I'm trying to picture a valid flame. I haven't got it yet, but give me a minute.