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MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died

www.theverge.com

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Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died

www.theverge.com

MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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The man behind the internet’s favorite animated images
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  • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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    RIP, you invented something that transformed static webpages without any JavaScript.

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    Did he leave in his last will whether if it’s “Gif” or “Jif”?

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      He have said that it was Jif multiple times before.

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      it’s “yif”

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    Pity!

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