To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Cc:	zidharta AT geocities DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: any good image format ?
Message-ID:	<19990804.085414.10279.0.vmccar@juno.com>
References:	<199908031222 DOT OAA09600 AT acp3bf DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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From:	Vince McCarthy <vmccar AT juno DOT com>
Date:	Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:54:21 EDT
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Where can a copy of either PNG or MNG be acquired?

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 14:22:42 +0200 Hans-Bernhard Broeker
<broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> writes:
>In article <7o5eea$h82$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> you wrote:
>> is there any good image format that have no patent problem like gif
>> ?... is jpg a good format to stick with?...
>
>JPG is a good format in its own right, but it doesn't really fit as a
>replacement for GIF. If there's a single 'optimal' replacement for
>GIF, then PNG (or it's proposed successor, MNG) is it: 
>
>* paletted images are possible
>* packs even better than GIF
>* as free as can be 
>* major WWW browsers support it
>
>The only drawback I know: no animated PNG, yet. That's what 'MNG' will
>be for.
>
>--
>Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
>Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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