Subject: Re: GIFs
From: Mike Johnson (dev_randjohnson@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2001 - 01:03:51 CDT
Great... reply to my own post....
I mean nobody "here" as in the docs list.
<forrest gump>I'm a good writ-er</forrest gump>
- Mike
On 09 May 2001 22:51:24 -0700, Mike Johnson wrote:
> 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.
-- - 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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