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#4580: Image Viewer (eye of gnome) doesn't handle .gif files.
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Written by youngsaint the 14 Mar 08 at 06:18.
Category: Look and Feel.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
ok, the default image viewer doesn't display .gifs correctly (they aren't animated). neither does F-spot. ok, we have how many image viewers by default and how many of them work with gif files?? This is just basic stuff that needs fixing. We can do better than this...
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Auzy wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 06:28
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Gifs should be depreciated anyway. In the past, it was a patent issue why it was axed out of many products. Either way, the only people who still use them, are web designers.
There are very few uses.. In most cases it makes more sense to use movie files, or if you need it basically a motion image file, support APNG.
I dont disagree, I think the patent has expired now, so we can add them. So I'll +1, any extra support, but we should be trying to get the word out there about alternatives
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youngsaint wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 06:46
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patents aren't a problem. g-spot can handle gifs just fine.
I simply think that if it exist (it does) and is used (it is) it should be supported.
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belovedmonster wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 09:12
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There's actually somewhat of a resurgence in the use of gifs in internet culture. Particularly on sites like 4chan.
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XSP wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 10:11
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All the more reason to avoid them like the plague. 4chan is like reading an AOL transcript from 1997.
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youngsaint wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 16:31
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wow... did no one else catch the fact that I called gThumb "g-spot"? wow... you can tell I was doing that at 2 this morning... hahah.
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fluxy wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 17:46
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It isn't about promoting a format here, it's about supporting it and enabling the user to have access to the format of his/her choice. Maybe add support for APNG too, but no reason why not for GIF, +1.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 02:18
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Patents sucks. Luckily the patent is expired.
GIF sucks and nobody should use it, because it is old crap format.
I agree that Eye of GNOME and other image viewers should support animated gifs though.
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wearzeep wrote on the 13 Apr 08 at 16:57
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Yes!
Oh my god this is such an irritating issue.
I have to view gif animations in firefox.
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Shinobiteno wrote on the 20 Aug 08 at 08:09
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People CANT you read??
USE GTHUMB, ty.
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r0g wrote on the 12 Sep 08 at 02:28
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eah the built in viewers aren't all that. We need to get Irfan Skiljan onboard! ;-)
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Paul Brando wrote on the 2 Nov 08 at 21:49
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AND IT IS SO OLD: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/35545
(It is considered a "wishlist", too
So annoying that this isn't fixed yet in 8.10. Why isn't gThumb the default viewer then? It's little things like this that make me worry about pushing Ubuntu on family and friends, people who don't know or care what a gif is, don't want to figure out why it won't work, they just know they should double click an animation and see it animated.
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Bug #35545
Ubuntuforums.org thread #700842
