The GIF backstory
The Graphics Interchange Format was a technological solution developed by Stephen Wilhite.
- In the 1980s, Wilhite was the lead engineer on a team at CompuServe tasked with finding a way to quickly distribute “high-quality, high-resolution graphics” in color.
- Developing this became an obsession for Wilhite, who would perfect the product at home.
- The result, GIF, was released in 1987, but its commercial success is due in large part to Netscape, which, in 1995 added the ability for GIFs to loop.
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