Good article, but all of the GIF formats are certainly newer than CDs. Even LZW is newer. CDs have been around widely since 1982 while GIF 87a & 89a came out in ... Well you can guess that.
And the thing it's famous for, the "Netscape looping extension" (NAB) ... that's from 1995 (Netscape Navigator 2.0b4). Yes, there was a time when IE would only play a GIF once and Netscape would loop it.
And the thing it's famous for, the "Netscape looping extension" (NAB) ... that's from 1995 (Netscape Navigator 2.0b4). Yes, there was a time when IE would only play a GIF once and Netscape would loop it.