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- Short: Info on PNG supporting software and background (3.8.97)
- Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Type: docs/misc
-
- PNG is an international attempt to replace Compuserve's GIF file
- format, which is being subject to Unisys' LZW patents, by a better
- and patent-claim free graphics file format. Its development
- is coordinated by some american software developers, and it's
- the new dedicated WCO graphics standard for the WWW.
-
- Of course no one can say "stop using GIF, now only PNG counts",
- since there are still thousands of GIF images floating around on
- CD-ROMs, some programs still cannot handle PNG, some people
- simply don't want to replace GIF with PNG...
-
- But if you want to support small software developers, like most
- of the companies, shareware and freeware software developers on
- the Amiga are, there is need to help them avoiding any unnecessary
- difficulties - remember why you are prefering an alternative system
- like the Amiga...
-
- Included in this archive you find, besides some URLs and background
- information, a list of Amiga software currently supporting PNG - perhaps
- it is not complete, but it is just to show, that there's something
- happening.
-
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- All mentioned trademarks are subject to their owners.
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- 2362 1258 46.7% 03-Aug-97 15:43:56 +PNG-Overview.txt
- 2158 719 66.6% 03-Aug-97 15:45:04 +PNG-Software.txt
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- 4520 1977 56.2% 08-Aug-97 19:54:04 2 files
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