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Re:Silicon Valley’s Youth Problem by 72deluxe on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @10:49AM (#7385900)
Surely GIFs are hardware accelerated these days?

Great article, right?

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Youth Problem by aspensmonster on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @12:40PM (#7386665)
Oh FFS. Where's the principle of charity when you need it?

YES. Without graphics processing of one form or another, on one chip or another, over one cable or bus or another, to one screen or terminal or another, your GIF absolutely won't be visible. Or your PNG, or your JPG, or your desktop or movie or e-book. Nothing will be visible.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Youth Problem by 72deluxe on Thursday March 13, 2014 @05:36AM (#7390798)
Maybe I was a bit harsh. Now on to create something that's both cool and really matters (satisfying both the kids and the elders).

If you're viewing GIFs on Windows and it is drawn using GDI or GDI+, nothing is accelerated. It's bust.

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