Difference between revisions of "RIP Steve Wilhite"

From Simia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "{{pubdate|{{subst:CURRENTDAY}}|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} RIP Steve Wilhite, the lead of the CompuServe team that developed the GIF format, which is s...")
(No difference)

Revision as of 11:23, 22 March 2022

RIP Steve Wilhite, the lead of the CompuServe team that developed the GIF format, which is still widely used all, 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.

Simia

Previous entry:
RIP Christopher Alexander
Next entry:
Karl-Heinz Witzko