That won't work.... First, jpg is lossy... second, no web
browser I've
found other than OmniWeb load tiffs. There are also about
a zillion different
tiff formats that are just different enough to not load
properly..
A number of others have already been working on a
replacement for .gif... it looks really good, and has been
endorsed by
Compuserve...
- allows 24-bit,
- uses gzip style compression
- allows transparency like the current .gif does
- allows an ALPHA channel (like .tiff does now)
- there is a single byte ordering standard (unlike .tiff)
... furthermore, Microsoft isn't involved... and the LZW
problems are avoided
that exist even with some .tiff formats.
We need a single format that is widely excepted, not a
single flavour of a
much larger format.
Check out the docs... at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/png.html
> > For browsers/clients:
> > * Must be able to "open" .htmld by tacking on
> > "index.html", not by displaying the .htmld as a directory
> > listing.
> What about htmld's in URLs?
>
This is handled by the server provided that you set the
default document as index.html..
> > Inline jpeg should be supported, as well we should keep a close
> > eye on the gif-24 replacement that is currently being worked
> > out in comp.graphics and elsewhere.
>
> Also has anyone seen anything about the ".GEF" format which
> uses lzh compression in lieu of lzw? Legals about it?...
> Availability of the standard?
>
Its now called png, and the information is above.