Internet lore: The great GIF debate

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/02/internet-lore

http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/     / Graphics Interchange Format GIF brainchild Steve Wilhite working at CompuServe time-sharing time sharing system before the internet open with a dial-up modem transfer rates 2,400 bits per second reduced colour palette compressed data savings JPEG rival format best suited photographs Web early days compactness controversial is how GIF pronounced acronyms consonant hard soft leading word expanded version determine sound rule animated JIF /