Comments on: The Animated GIF http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/ Jeff talks about various things, though nothing very specific. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: pblanton http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-607 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:29 +0000 http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-607 http://hometown.aol.com/dtc131/OLDTNewsletter.htm Scroll all the way to the bottom so you can experience the full rigors of the page. http://hometown.aol.com/dtc131/OLDTNewsletter.htm

Scroll all the way to the bottom so you can experience the full rigors of the page.

]]> by: graham http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-268 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:09:36 +0000 http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-268 I've disabled animated pix mainly because the tendency of people in forums to have brash and "busy" signature pix really annoys me. When I go to a forum page, I don't want to feel as if I'm in a 1970's disco! I’ve disabled animated pix mainly because the tendency of people in forums to have brash and “busy” signature pix really annoys me. When I go to a forum page, I don’t want to feel as if I’m in a 1970’s disco!

]]> by: mary kate http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-66 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:06:40 +0000 http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-66 I agree with Adam. Fellas, I hate to break it to you, but to graphics geeks like me GIFS are still a quicker (and easier-to-produce) alternative to full scale QT movies, RealPlayer, and all of those other things that require a lot more money, time, and server space. Second, there is still a market out there. Not everybody can write in four or five code languages (explaining what MEL, C++, ASCII, or anything like that to my mother is like trying to teach a chimp Flaubert) so people like me continue on with medieval methods for the technologically retarded. When files become more compressible you may see otherwise, but until then, the GIF lives. I agree with Adam. Fellas, I hate to break it to you, but to graphics geeks like me GIFS are still a quicker (and easier-to-produce) alternative to full scale QT movies, RealPlayer, and all of those other things that require a lot more money, time, and server space.

Second, there is still a market out there. Not everybody can write in four or five code languages (explaining what MEL, C++, ASCII, or anything like that to my mother is like trying to teach a chimp Flaubert) so people like me continue on with medieval methods for the technologically retarded. When files become more compressible you may see otherwise, but until then, the GIF lives.

]]> by: Adam A. http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-59 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:46:39 +0000 http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-59 Nothing's wrong with animated gifs! I for one welcome our new spinning "@" symbol overlords. Nothing’s wrong with animated gifs!

I for one welcome our new spinning “@” symbol overlords.

]]> by: Adam M Smith http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-41 Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:25:30 +0000 http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-41 So, before AjaxWar, I remember seeing ajax-y sites that had a div that popped up saying "processing" or "contacting server" OR non ajax-y sites that displayed animated gifs while certaint processing was happening on the server site but the image wouldn't be replace until the page refreshed. Did I invent the practice of using small, square, rotating, animated gifs to indicate activity status in a simple manner without leaving the page on ajax applications? So, before AjaxWar, I remember seeing ajax-y sites that had a div that popped up saying “processing” or “contacting server” OR non ajax-y sites that displayed animated gifs while certaint processing was happening on the server site but the image wouldn’t be replace until the page refreshed.

Did I invent the practice of using small, square, rotating, animated gifs to indicate activity status in a simple manner without leaving the page on ajax applications?

]]> by: Lloyd D Budd http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-40 Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:22:20 +0000 http://blogrium.com/2005/10/13/the-animated-gif/#comment-40 Ads tend to originate in the same places, animated GIFs are abused all over the place. "On the whole" -- whatever that means -- I totally agree with you. Ads tend to originate in the same places, animated GIFs are abused all over the place.

“On the whole” — whatever that means — I totally agree with you.

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