Saturday 25 May 2013

GIF Creator Honoured

For the first time today I found out who created GIF: Steve Wilhite.
Working at CompuServe in 1987, Wilhite used his knowledge of compression technologies to create the GIF format that allowed for color graphics to be used efficiently in the days of dial-up Internet access. 
He was just honoured a lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards.

via DPReview.

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