History Gif
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a format that is often used in the web world and in the world of digital imagery. This GIF allows users to create simple animations that will make repeated movements so that it looks unique. GIF which is now widely spread on various websites and applications shows short animations that make repetitive movements. But initially, GIF is a way to display photos. The history of GIF began when Steve Wilhite started working on GIF in early 1986. At that time, he was a programmer for Compuserve - an online service that allows users to access chat rooms, forums and information such as stock prices. Sandy Trevor, Wilhite's supervisor at Compuserve, told WIRED that he wanted to solve two problems. First Compuserve requires a graphic format that works on all computers. At that time the PC market was divided into several companies including Apple, Atari, Commodore, IBM and Tandy, each of which had its own way of displaying graphics. Compuserve had used other...