Animated GIF Format:

Features:

• Animation is in-line
• No sound
• Can control looping, background transparency, etc.
• Browser-specific (not all browsers handle it)
• No controls for starting/stopping animation
• Can be very distracting on the page

Players:

• Netscape 2.0 or higher

Encoders:

• GifBuilder (Macintosh)
• GIF Construction Set (Windows)
• GIFMerge (unix)
• WWW Form-based Animated GIF maker

Resources:

• Using GifBuilder to make an animation

• Animated GIF home page
• Yahoo Animated GIF page

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Created: Jun 01 1996 --- Last modified: Thu Mar 5 17:21:36 1998