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.PNG support | Stefan | PNG obsolete ?? (Miscellaneous)

posted by DOS386, 05.09.2007, 02:39

> "No" only to source release, redistribution is okay. I didn't ask about .PNG,
> though (unlikely to be implemented, would take much more than a simple tweak).

Definitely. It's easier to decode PNG with big RAM (complete file fits in), and even with a "low RAM" version one might run out of the 64 KiB "limit"

> (if not THE) main goals initially WAS to replace the patented .GIF format.

YES.

> Yes, I mean, AFAIK it was never intended to be for photographic stuff.



> but old IE (5.0?) was supposedly kinda broken re: PNG.

IIRC it did support it already ... just nobody knew

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