Chrome adds support for a newer GIF-killing format

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The internet would not be the same place without GIFs. The antiquated file format is central to our very important online meme culture, but the format itself is terrible. The images are huge, and restrictions on color, bitrate and frames per second all show that the GIF is about a decade past its sell-by date.

Writing an actual format to replace the GIF isn't hard -- it's getting it to work universally that's the trick. Animated PNGs, or aPNGs, just took a big step towards universal acceptance with the latest release of Chrome.

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