Re: libjpeg/libpng-based image loading

[Alex Perez]

Stefan,
> > If your favorite format isn't in this list, now would be a good time 
> > to
> > write a loader for it. :)
> I started writing a loader for gifs this weekend and think i can make 
> it 
> working
> this weekend. it is based on libungif. The documentations states that 
> libungif
> cannot be used to create compressed gif images (this would require 
> using
> the lzw patent), so i think we do not have any patent issues here.
The problem I see with this is that you have no control over whether 
or not a GIF that is on any particular website is actually compressed 
or not. Therefore, if I'm understanding libungif correctly, it will 
fail to decode any LZW-compressed GIF on any given webpage. This is 
clearly broken behavior for a web browser, IMHO.

Do you agree?

Cheers,
Alex Perez
aperez@student.santarosa.edu