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> When designing PNG as a replacement for GIF, they very deliberately and decidedly dropped the animation feature. The goal was to replace GIFs. And look what

by maxst 10y ago

> When designing PNG as a replacement for GIF, they very deliberately and decidedly dropped the animation feature. The goal was to replace GIFs. And look what happened: "GIF" became synonymous with "animation".

gpvos 10y ago
The main goal was to create a patent-free replacement for GIF, with a number of improvements for its main uses. GIF animation was not used much at that moment.
- maxst 10y ago
  Still, it's not like it was impossible to make some last minute changes, while PNG was still relatively young. See https://boutell.com/innards/apng.html https://boutell.com/innards/apng.html
  - gpvos 10y ago
    Thanks for that link.