Action Graphics

Here as some samples of Action using the GIF89a format

When you view an image created with GIF89a, it is downloaded once from the server and then reloaded from your browser's cache on subsequent iterations of the loop. This means that once a page is downloaded, the animations can loop even when you've pulled the plug on your network connection. One advantage that these animated GIFs have over a client-pull or server-push is that they won't over work your server. A server-push or client-pull requires that an image be downloaded for each frame of the animation, as well as for each cycle of the loop.

While GIF89a just recently made its way into the spotlight, the technology has actually been around for years. (The "89" in its name refers to the year the specification was created.) Netscape revived interest in the technology when it listed animated GIFs as a feature in its Navigator 2.0.

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