Difference between revisions of "RIP Steve Wilhite"
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| − | RIP Steve Wilhite, the lead of the CompuServe team that developed the GIF format, which is still widely used | + | RIP Steve Wilhite, who worked on CompuServe chat for decades and was the lead of the CompuServe team that developed the GIF format, which is still widely used, and which made the World Wide Web a much more colorful and dynamic place by having a format that allowed for animations. Wilhite incorrectly insisted on GIF being pronounced Jif. Wilhite died on March 14, 2022 at the age of 74. |
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wilhite Steve Wilhite on Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wilhite Steve Wilhite on Wikipedia] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:30, 22 March 2022
RIP Steve Wilhite, who worked on CompuServe chat for decades and was the lead of the CompuServe team that developed the GIF format, which is still widely used, and which made the World Wide Web a much more colorful and dynamic place by having a format that allowed for animations. Wilhite incorrectly insisted on GIF being pronounced Jif. Wilhite died on March 14, 2022 at the age of 74.
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