But even back in the ‘90s the GIF was already starting to transcend its workhorse origins. Early viral images like the Dancing Baby and meme-ish GIF-based websites like YTMND (You’re the Man ...

As soon as you create the Image object, and set it's source, the browser starts to download. This is done asyncronously. That is, the x.src = "foo.gif" setting, doesn't halt the browser, until the ...

THE GIF turned 30 today, so, let’s wish the Graphical Interchange Format a very happy birthday. From its humble beginnings on black and white computers to its now ubiquitous usage in memes, w… ...

Lots of high-res images can really spruce up a Web site. But they can also slow it down-- images are files, files use bandwidth, and bandwidth is directly related to wait times. It's time you get ...