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Ah, I just realized that this simply prints text out in a gif... it doesn't encode text in the gif and then decode it in the browser into text that javascript c

• streptomycin 14y ago
  It is possible, as you can now get the raw pixel data of an image by copying it to a canvas and using getImageData. <img src="test.gif" id="img"> <script type=text/javascript> var img = document.getElementById("img"); var canvas = document.createElement("canvas"); canvas.width = img.width; canvas.height = img.height; var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"); ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0); var imageData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height); </script> Then you can do whatever you want with the pixel data.
  • mmastrac 14y ago
    Unfortunately not on IE6, and this would require both canvas support and CORS. I think most browsers that support that also support true web sockets.
  • arscan 14y ago
    This would be a great step in some kind of rube goldberg inspired website.
• xxbondsxx 14y ago
  Encoding data into images is certainly possible, albeit sometimes a PITA.