Uma homenagem à Stephen Wilhite, criador do GIF!

Em 1987, Stephen Wilhite recebeu a missão de criar um formato universal de imagens fora dos padrões da época

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O objetivo disso era: transferir imagens coloridas, com qualidade e mais leves, para compartilhar via internet

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Wilhite levantou as mangas e cumpriu sua tarefa através de uma técnica de compressão já existente

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Em 1997, o provedor CompuServe (utilizado por Stephen para criar o GIF), foi comprado pela AOL

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Esse foi o ponto de virada para sua criação: após uma atualização do Netscape...

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Os GIFS tomaram o formato que conhecemos e amamos atualmente!

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Infelizmente, Stephen faleceu esse ano, mas sua memória está eternizada na história da internet para sempre!

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