On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 05:24:30 -0400, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > More to the point, who *needed* it? > > MNG is PNG with support for animation. PNG was created to be a > graphics format unencumbered by patents. If GIF was patent encumbered, then it would seem that anyone who wanted support for animation in an unencumbered format "needed" MNG. > PNG grew out of that mess, as developers recognized a need for a > graphics format unencumbered by patent. But the PNG developers didn't > care for the MNG format - they thought overloading PNG to also do > animation was bad design As someone who has implemented a PNG decoder from the official spec, I had a good chuckle over the idea of the PNG devs shying away from something because of "bad design." > > The Internet more or less worked for 99% of the world using the stuff > you advocate *20 years ago*. Yes. That's what the previous poster just said. > > Since you seem to have missed the fact, I'll be a good guy and clue > you in. That was *then*. This is *now*. What worked 20 years ago > *won't* work now. On the contrary. Despite deliberate efforts to break things, there is plenty that still works. > The world has changed and we have to change with > it. Standing still is *not* an option. Well, you can't stand still if your job security depends on making changes for the sake of it. Mine doesn't. > You might not like a lot of the changes needed, but you're stuck with > them. I have found it's remarkably easy to not use things that I don't wish to use. YMMV. > The world is bigger than you are and doesn't *care* what *you* > think. As spokesman for the world, maybe you can do me a favor and inform them that this feeling is mutual. > ______ > Dennis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
