GIF Images

[Noah]

It would be really nice if the forums allowed GIF images to be stored on the server as my 1 image... I can post the same image as jpeg but in order to keep the file size down (and not piss every1 off) I have to lose a lot of quality... :-(

[Brandon Martus]

For the 'MyFiles' area?
I'll set it up to allow gifs.

Try again 5 minutes from the time of this post.

[Jack]

not sure really at all what you are talking about. However, I do know one thing. If the images are going to be re-sized, then the script that does that might be illeagle. Becuase the format of gifs is patiented(sp?), scripts that deal with gifs may need to pay a useage fee to the owner. I think that the patient may expire soon though. Could someone refresh my memory on this one?

[rbayer]

Everything you could ever want to know about the evilness of gifs: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html.

That said, I suppose I should probably re-do my website since it's all gifs thanks to Front Page...

[Anarkissed]

Originally posted by rbayer
Everything you could ever want to know about the evilness of gifs: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html.

That said, I suppose I should probably re-do my website since it's all gifs thanks to Front Page...

i really like that article! thanks for posting it, me and a friend of mine have a running project in open source its a linux based operating system based on security. still a wee bit unstable but the bugs will be worked out

*ponders*
well... whats wrong with gifs in your website, i mean if your using front page, you'd still be using microshaft erm pardon that typo... the keys are just right next to each other... microsoft's product which must be paid for

[Jack]

Originally posted by Anarkissed
*ponders*
well... whats wrong with gifs in your website, i mean if your using front page, you'd still be using microshaft erm pardon that typo... the keys are just right next to each other... microsoft's product which must be paid for

The only time would run into problems using a gif would be if you are writeing custom code for it. (Ex: GD in PHP). FrontPage has paid the company for the rights to be able to write in gif format. Besides, eventhough gifs are still widely used, I wouldn't be supprised to see them fade out over the next few years. (As the new W3C HTML/XHTML/DHTML standards come in to wide use)

PS: This is not a spam post, it actually has some meaning and is correcting an error.