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I think the inventor of GIF deserves a black bar.
by veltas 5y ago
I think the inventor of GIF deserves a black bar.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoMethinks HN should always include a brief who/why summary in their death-notice headlines - as much as I'd like to think we all already know who early leaders in tech are by-name, I'll admit the low-information "Stephen E. Wilhite has died" headline passed me by and while skimming HN I misread it as "Stephen Wile E. Coyote has died" and didn't care to click further. ...it wasn't until hours later when I was bored and idly reading everything that I saw that I earlier misread the title and learned the CompuServ/GIF connection in the HN comments.