Re: Some comments on <image>

Alex Danilo wrote:
> Most mobile browsers won't.
> 
> This is to minimize memory footprint more than a technical
> issue.
> 
> But GIF isn't continuous tone - it's a palleted colour
> format so is pretty lame.
> 
> JPEG was the real game changer for browsers that made
> the web really take off. Try doing flesh tones in GIF;-)

The original main use of GIF was actually natural imagery, and probably 
quite a lot of flesh tones.  With random dithering and a custom palette, 
it can actually do quite well - you should not judge it by paintbrush 
GIF standards.  JPEG is better for subtle gradations and size, although 
it doesn't like hard edges.  PNG can do palettised or non-palettised images.
> 



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Received on Monday, 20 September 2010 06:52:24 UTC