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Should I ever use GIF image format for non animated elements?

30th October 2013

My answer to Should I ever use GIF image format for non animated elements? on Quora

These days probably not—anything non-animated that you would use a GIF for is generally better as a PNG.

Posted 30th October 2013 at 4:46 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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