On 21/9/06 17:23, "Bellwether" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/21/06 10:58 AM, Barry Wainwright wrote: > >> On 21/9/06 15:56, "Bellwether" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Also, why do animated .gif not animate? >> >> See my blog post on this: >> <http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/files/animated_gif.html> > > Your blog says: > >> Now, when your animated GIF arrived it was probably wrapped up in a complex >> HTML message (it must have been to be displayed animated). The display of >> the >> message was passed off to Tasman, which was capable of animating the GIF for >> you. > > But, that's not how my Entourage works -- the ones I *receive* are not > animated. If I open them in Preview, I can see all the frames of the > animation, but they do not animate in the message window. > > If I receive the same .gif in Apple's Mail.app, they are animated. >
That phrase refers to those cases when the image _does_ appear animated - the normal case is for the message to be plain text or simple HTML in which case the image is not animated. -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting <http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
