On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Bernie wrote:

> Steve wrote:
> >   Did you know that *.bmp is "Windows Bitmap" format?
> 
> I thought they originated from OS/2 (but there's some diffrence between
> an OS/2 and a Windows bitmap). But since Windows is a "clone" of OS/2 it
> would seem natural that OS/2 had BMPs first.

  I don't know... I'm just going by what Netscape tells me.  ;-)

981071119.BMP           14 Kb    Thu Feb  1 23:45:01 2001 Windows Bitmap
 
> You sound just like my teacher the other day. But he remembered the
> drawback - no animation (you'll need MNG for that).
> PNG, "PNG Not Gif" - but that isn't the official name ;-)

  Well, I was talking about the advantages, not the DISadvantages.
(ZBM, JPG, TIFF, PCX, XPM, etc., are all without animation  ;-)
 
 - Steve


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