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  • SnowBlind2005SnowBlind2005@vivaldi.net
    May 30, 2026, 7:27 PM

    @ExpiredPopsicle

    From my crappy memory, GIF was developed for the CompuServ online service.

    The 89a specification that you immediately mentioned was an extension of GIF in, 1989.

    Thinking up things or imagining them, doesn't mean it exists.

    So, in GIF facts, it was not developed or intended for HTTP (World Wide Web) use. It was however, a nearly universal standardized image format that meshed perfectly with the advent of HTTP. With gigabytes of already available content and tools.

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  • Microblog Castellanomicroblogc@neopaquita.es
    May 30, 2026, 8:56 PM

    @SnowBlind2005

    @ExpiredPopsicle Yes, I remember most DOS utils described it as "compuserve gif". I had some memory of Autodesk Animator using Gif as a codec for 256-color-paletized static images (AA used FLC for animations). For some time, I used it as a more portable (not-windows intended) and better compressed alternative to windows 3.0 RLE BMP.

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