[Coco] Re: JPEG

[Robert Gault]

Bootstrap Bill wrote:
><snip >
> Are there any alternatives to JPG and GIF that are patent free? I'd like a
> format that supports 24 to 32 bits per pixel, transparencies and animation,
> plus is supported by all the major web browers, preferably without a plugin.
> 
> 

That's where the real problem is for most usage specially things like 
digital cameras. There is a format that should work for most browsers, 
PNG, which does not have a pattent, handles up to 48 bit color, and has 
reasonable compression.
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/