+1 ! Agreed with GIF format, look at facelink.com, i'm sure 80% of the pictures uploaded there are from programs and cameras that default to GIF. I'm not really savy with graphics but isn't GIF the only format that allows for animated pictures?
F. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edin Kadribasic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Markus Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Stig S. Bakken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Let's fork GD! > > Well, I don't actually see a license problem for non-LZW compressed gifs. > > But I am still not sure supporting GIF is a productive thing to do. The > > format needs to die. No sense helping it stay alive. > > In the ideal world that would be true, but 90% of the web graphics files I > get from the designers and advertising agencies are still in the gif format. > There are still parts of the world where patent issues don't have an affect > anyway. As long as there is possibility to patch the php version of gd I'm > happy (http://www.rhyme.com.au/gd/). > > Anyway I think forking gd is an excellent idea. > > Edin > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
