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I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "ping" now since GIF is rolling slowly to the dustbin. Of course I'm sure the creator of the PNG format would say it's pronounce
by softbuilder 13y ago
I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "ping" now since GIF is rolling slowly to the dustbin. Of course I'm sure the creator of the PNG format would say it's pronounced "pong". At least that would make sense. The whole jiff joke was never, ever funny.
The reason people use a hard G is because that's what makes sense given the wording of the acronym. Unless I've been pronouncing "graphics" wrong this whole time?
- rmrfrmrf 13y agogiraffics.
- 300bps 13y ago>slowly to the dustbin Slowly is a bit of an understatement. The format has been in widespread use for a quarter century.
- softbuilder 13y agoI'm an optimist? :)
- sillysaurus 13y agoI'm pretty sure it's pronounced "ping" now since GIF is rolling slowly to the dustbin. PNG can't be used to make animations. GIF can. That alone is enough to ensure GIF will be around for a long, long time.
- IbJacked 13y agoIt's not universally supported, but there is an animated png format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
- tom9729 13y agoAs noted in that Wikipedia page, there is also the MNG format (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-image_Network_Graphics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-image_Network_Graphics). Unfortunately it's over 10 years old and there is still little browser support.
- abcd_f 13y agoPractically speaking, it is not supported enough to be any useful.
- maxmcd 13y agoI'm still hoping for the rise of <video> tag based "gifs". Better compression, sound as an option. Vine provides a decent attempt at this.
- mikeevans 13y agoWebP also supports animations, don't know how that compares to GIF though.