Vista - gif support in photo gallery

I really like the new photo gallery in vista (i own ultimate). But it seems
that it can not display GIF Images. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING! :-(

This is really a bad implementation. There is not even any patent on it any
more. I was pretty happy to see that this time I might not have to install a
3rd party picture viewer as the windows before but it seems tha again
Microsoft didn't do the job right!

So, is my irritation legitimate? Or do I miss a certain update or a
workaround?
Just to say, using IE or another program is not the right choice. I was
looking forward to have ONE Programm which is managing all important Image
formats and GIF is certainly important (at least for all webdesigners like
me).

Thank you all for your answers and Microsoft for the nice OS (which you
could make even better and satisfying if you would eliminate such annoyances!)

Sascha

Yeah, GIFs are goners. They'll be goners on the Web eventually too in favor
of PNG which supports transparency without the 256 color limit.

But, PNG doesn't support animations. And so far there's no consensus among
Web developers as to which format will work best for those (except for the
fact that just about everyone uses Flash already).


"Sascha" <Sascha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2ED23DFD-4878-4844-92CE-A73583C2EC31@microsoft.com...
>I really like the new photo gallery in vista (i own ultimate). But it seems
> that it can not display GIF Images. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING! :-(
>
> This is really a bad implementation. There is not even any patent on it
> any
> more. I was pretty happy to see that this time I might not have to install
> a
> 3rd party picture viewer as the windows before but it seems tha again
> Microsoft didn't do the job right!
>
> So, is my irritation legitimate? Or do I miss a certain update or a
> workaround?
> Just to say, using IE or another program is not the right choice. I was
> looking forward to have ONE Programm which is managing all important Image
> formats and GIF is certainly important (at least for all webdesigners like
> me).
>
> Thank you all for your answers and Microsoft for the nice OS (which you
> could make even better and satisfying if you would eliminate such
> annoyances!)
>
> Sascha

"MeNotKnow" <Noreply@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah, GIFs are goners. They'll be goners on the Web eventually too in
> favor of PNG which supports transparency without the 256 color limit.

I disagree. GIFs are web technology and not photographic technology. They
really never should have been in photo gallery. If Microsoft had created
something called "Image Gallery" instead, then GIFs would have been
appropriate to include. GIFs will be around the web for a very very long
time to come.

>
> But, PNG doesn't support animations. And so far there's no consensus among
> Web developers as to which format will work best for those (except for the
> fact that just about everyone uses Flash already).

There are a lot of things PNG is good for. There are a lot of things PNG is
not good for. Often times, depending on the nature of the screenshot, GIF
results in significantly smaller file sizes. PNG, when appropriate, often
results in higher quality images. There is room and need for both.

Dale

I agree to "Sascha".

Thanks and Regards