Subject: Re: GIFs
From: Mike Johnson (dev_randjohnson@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2001 - 00:51:24 CDT
I was going to use PNG anyhow, but thank you for your comments Aaron.
I'm not sure there are any existing screenshots in the documentation
that I'd like to keep, either, since all of the existing docs are
scheduled for replacement or at heavy-handed rewrites.
Does anybody have any comments / concerns about PNG for future docs? How
about resolution? 76 dpi good for everyone?
Nobody here has CVS access, so if you'd like to do something drastic
about the current stuff... it's not up to us. :-)
- Mike
On 09 May 2001 19:50:47 -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> 2) Some of the screenshots were clearly made on Linux. Since (to my
> knowledge) there is no licensed GIF-writing software for Linux, it is
> highly likely that these GIFs were made by software without a license.
> So? Well, for one thing it means that we owe Unisys about $5k (see
> burnallgifs.org)
I've got five bucks and a car loan. Will that help?
> 4) GIF is evil and should not be endorsed by a respectable project
> utilizing it.
>
> I have resolved to run ESR's web2png script on the abi/user/wp/help
> directory. This script converts GIF files to PNG's, and even fixes
> references to them in HTML pages. If anyone has any objections or
> suggestions I'd love to hear them.
I have a hard time caring, to tell you the god's honest truth. We're
replacing stuff, so as long as people don't mind the changes in the mean
time, have fun!
(Just one opinion)
-- - Mike Johnson"The atom bomb will never go off - and I speak as an expert in explosives." - U.S. Admiral William Leahy in 1945.
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