Stephen Wilhite - gif inventor

[Jonopen]

Just read the inventor of the gif (jif) file format has recently died.

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-inventor-dies

Here's probably the last gif I made using XPGD back in 2014 for the June scribble challenge.

[gwpriester]

And at the time, most monitors could not display more than 256 colors.

[Egg Bramhill]

Spent many hours in Xara creating 'jif's' which I've always called 'gif's' but in respect I'll now call 'jif's'.
But I always thought the name came from 'graphic interchange format' ?
Respect.

[wizard509]

Spent many hours in Xara creating 'jif's' which I've always called 'gif's' but in respect I'll now call 'jif's'.
But I always thought the name came from 'graphic interchange format' ?
Respect.

I did too Egg.