Posted by Mark Parnell on 06/21/46 11:19

Previously in alt.html, windandwaves <winandwaves@coldmail.com> said:

> I only ever use GIFS and JPEGS in any of my sites because
>
> a. they are usually smaller than PNGs

Examples? I'm sure someone here can manage to get your GIFs (and
possibly some JPEGs) smaller by making them PNGs, without any loss of
quality.

> b. they are supported by all browsers

So are PNGs, except for alpha transparency, which isn't even possible in
GIFs or JPEGs. So this point is moot.

> In general, I found PNGs to be larger than GIFs or JPEGs.

In most cases that means either your image editor isn't very good at
compressing PNGs, or you're not selecting the right options.

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