And it came to pass that George Copeland wrote: > I am looking for the version number of the first release of > Netscape Navigator that would display animated gifs, and > the exact date of its release. If anyone knows or > remembers any of the details surrounding the first use of > animated gifs on the web, I would be delighted to know it, > especially if you have inside or detailed recollections or > if you know of an online reference. > > My guess is version 1.1 released on March 6, 1995, but I > have no confirmation of this. > > http://www.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease16.html > > I found this odd document on the w3c website which seems to > imply that no animated gif support was available at the > time it was written. Strangely, it is not dated, but > appears to have been written in late 1994-early 1995. Later > releases of Netscape put the proposed project in the > dustbin. > > http://www.w3.org/Conferences/WWW4/Papers/100/ > > Thank you for your time. > >
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