GIF viewing problems
04-Aug-91 22:16:30
Sb: #10910-GIF viewing problems
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: Steve Bennett/SYSOP 76702,1071
I'm sure this has been debated before, but maybe you can give me a short
summary. While LZW will probably shirnk images to a reasonable degree,
I've heard it is not suited for things like bitmaps. Obviously, DCT
compression ala JPEG is becoming more popular. Why was LZW picked? Were
other methods considered? And does H&R Block pay the patent license on
LZW? 🙂