The Daily Dot

The animated history of the GIF, the internet’s favorite format

The GIF, or graphics interchange format, was introduced to the world by Compuserve in 1987. The compressed format was the ideal for performing image transfers across the slow modem connections of the ...
fox43

It’s settled! Creator tells us how to pronounce the image format ‘GIF’

Those short, animated loops that have captivated the Web for decades? They’re pronounced like a brand of peanut butter. Steve Wilhite created the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working for ...
People

Stephen E. Wilhite, Creator of the GIF, Dead at 74

Stephen Wilhite worked at an online service provider CompuServe in the 1980s and created the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) in 1987 Shafiq Najib is a former writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He left ...
Gizmodo

What’s the Difference Between JPG, PNG, and GIF?

As we keep building on old image technology, types of file formats keep piling up, each with their own nuances and uses. JPG, PNG, and GIF have become the most common, but what sets them apart from ...
Yahoo

Here’s a Timeline of the Debate About How to Pronounce GIF

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while ...
Marketplace

The patent history behind GIFs, and the fight to make them free of fees

Steve Wilhite, inventor of the graphics interchange format, also known as GIF, died this month at the age of 74. Animated or not, GIFs may now be a common, free feature of the internet, but the tech ...
CNET

Bell tolling for PNG graphics format?

A patent underlying one of the Web's most popular graphics formats is set to expire later this month, raising the question of whether a rival, open format, created as a royalty free alternative, will ...
9to5Mac

Graphics Interchange Format

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIEnN1KmxKk&feature=youtu.be Microsoft has just joined the ranks of companies looking to capitalize on the success of ephemeral ...
Kotaku

The Creator Of The Gif Has Died

Stephen Wilhite, the man widely credited as being the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format image, better known as the gif, has died at the age of 74. Wilhite’s wife Kathleen has been confirming ...
The Drum

GIF or JIF? Creator of the Graphics Interchange Format said it should be pronounced with a ‘soft g’

Steve Wilhite, created of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), yesterday announced that he was annoyed that people failed to pronounce the name of the file format correctly. Speaking to the New York ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Tell What Kind of Image Is Inserted Into an RTF File

You may need to identify the image format in a Rich Text Format file to help update your business communications. Common image files include raster graphics such as Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), ...