Safari Doesn't like .gifs

[themidship22]

Has anyone noticed that Safari is the SLOWEST browser at loading .gifs? I'm on a windows computer right now and just realized how IE had no problem loading a page full of .gifs.

Has anyone else noticed this before?

 

[TEG]

I have not had this problem on my PowerBook G4, iMac, or my work PC all running Safari 4. The only difficulty is loading multiple tabs with flash at the same time on the PC.

TEG

 

[r.j.s]

I haven't noticed this either, but seriously, who still uses gifs?

 

[DPA]

I, too, have not noticed a problem with any version Safari loading GIFs.

David

 

[themoonisdown09]

I haven't noticed this either, but seriously, who still uses gifs?

Really... PNG is the way to go and has been for a while.

Edit: I guess I wasn't really thinking. PNG is better for transparencies, GIF is probably good for animations.

 

[r.j.s]

Really... PNG is the way to go and has been for a while.

Edit: I guess I wasn't really thinking. PNG is better for transparencies, GIF is probably good for animations.

Gif is only good for animations, but all the gif animations out there are really tacky and left over from last century.

 

[DPA]

You can do animations with PNGs, right? Aren't they called APNGs but the extension is still .png?

David

 

[r.j.s]

You can do animations with PNGs, right? Aren't they called APNGs but the extension is still .png?

David

I did not know this ... interesting ... although it seems only FF and Opera support it.

 

[themoonisdown09]

You can do animations with PNGs, right? Aren't they called APNGs but the extension is still .png?

David

Too bad the animated PNG bouncy ball that's on the page doesn't work. It says

requires recent versions of common web browsers

I guess Safari 4 beta and Internet Explorer 7 aren't recent enough.

 

[DPA]

Too bad the animated PNG bouncy ball that's on the page doesn't work. It says



I guess Safari 4 beta and Internet Explorer 7 aren't recent enough.

I guess not. Has anyone tried FireFox?

David

 

[themidship22]

Maybe It's just Safari Beta I'm using. I have noticed it on my MBP and MB. Then if i use Firefox it's like gravy.

And yes .gifs are effing old school, but a forum i frequent is in love with them

 

[themoonisdown09]

I guess not. Has anyone tried FireFox?

David

It works with Firefox. It doesn't work with Google Chrome.

 

[DPA]

It works with Firefox. It doesn't work with Google Chrome.

Maybe with the full release of Safari 4 we'll see support for APNGs.

David