Re: META -- including screenshots on the list

From: Ronald Bultje <rbultje ronald bitfreak net>
To: "Edward A. Falk" <falk efalk org>
Cc: gtk-list gnome org
Subject: Re: META -- including screenshots on the list
Date: 03 Apr 2003 20:35:31 +0200

Hey Edward,

On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 18:34, Edward A. Falk wrote:
> Hi; for future reference, .gif is much better for screenshots than .jpg for
> various technical reasons I don't want to get into right now.  If you
> looked at your own .jpg file, you must have noticed how blurry it was.
> .gif will even compress better than .jpg for most screenshots.

.gif has patent problems and is a technical fuckup (256 colors max). See
http://burnallgifs.org/ for a (biased) view on it. .png is much nicer
for lossless compression (32-bit).

Ronald

-- 
Ronald Bultje <rbultje ronald bitfreak net>

References:
- META -- including screenshots on the list
  - From: Edward A. Falk

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