Based on that article, once Edge moves to Chromium based all the major browsers (except IE) will have APNG support.
For folks more in the know: are there any political issues that would prevent more widespread adoption? Or is it just that most folks are already on GIF and it's "good enough".
I suppose GIF being in the common vernacular might make things tougher as well.
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I have often thought about how vector graphics should be extended to animations: instead of defining curves in 2 dimensions, define curved surfaces in 3, where the third is simply time.
I wouldn't mind conditionals etc, as long as it is held turing incomplete.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 58.7 ms ] threadHTML5 requires a tap, a gif doesn't. I think that's what made all the difference in the world
Have there been attempts at alternatives that address the actual use cases for GIF in the wild?
For folks more in the know: are there any political issues that would prevent more widespread adoption? Or is it just that most folks are already on GIF and it's "good enough".
I suppose GIF being in the common vernacular might make things tougher as well.
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-Burning Chrome
I wouldn't mind conditionals etc, as long as it is held turing incomplete.
Flash supports animation.
You can define basic shapes in CSS and use its own animation capabilities.
is it scripted and turing complete like Flash?
I meant defining the animation in as geometry in a higherdimensional space.