Adon Metcalfe wrote:
I think outruling gif's is harsh, unless we
provide them with tools to
convert what they have into something more usable, i.e. on the image
page have a pointer to tools that conver gif's to mng or a series of
png's.
Just a note: we haven't completely *banned* GIFs from Wikipedia, though
we've recommended against them because of the not-quite-gone-yet patent
issue. Once the patent expires in Canada, I'll be happy to take them off
of the "warning! X is not a recommended file type" list.
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)