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Re: PNG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mary S Stephenson)
Mon Jul 16 20:01:53 2001
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:15:12 -0700
From: Mary S Stephenson <mss@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA>
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Hi,
You can find lots of good information on PNG at:
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
The main issues of using PNG on the web have to do with support by
browsers: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngapbr.html [subpage of above].
Hope this helps,
Susie
Mary Sue Stephenson, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor & Coordinator of Information Technology
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
604.822-6392 [voice] 604.822.6006 [fax]
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Wong Wai Man wrote:
> I would like to hear your comment on using PNG (portable network graphic)
> format as a storage file format as well as a viewing format for electronic
> archive, particularly regarding the transferability, operational
> difficulties, compatibility with commonly used brosers, and others. Thanks
> very much in advance.
>
>
> Wai-man WONG (Ms)
> Librarian Tel:(852)27686773
> The Open University of Hong Kong FAX:(852)27893530
> 30 Good Shepherd Street Email:wmwong@ouhk.edu.hk
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