|  | Posted by Roy Schestowitz on 06/07/05 04:11 
dorayme wrote:
 >> From: "Nik Coughin" <nrkn!no-spam!@woosh.co.nz>
 >
 >>>> GIF or JPEG or PNG or ...
 >>>>
 >>>> example would be highly appreciated.
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>
 >>> roughly.... drawings in gif, photos in jpg
 >>>
 >>> Hans
 >>
 >> Png averages 20% better compression than gif.
 >>
 >>
 >
 > But, I understand, not as well supported as gif across all the browsers.
 > Just a point to the OP that may not have been made, the advice above by
 > Hans is good but in addition gifs can be good where there are simple
 > restricted palette colours too, no tonal range.
 >
 > dorayme
 
 Has nobody mentioned legal issues with GIF format yet? I don't know if it's
 Unisys, but somebody used to have some ownership. It's like MP3 versus OGG
 Vorbis.
 
 Roy
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