Vista and Animated gifs

What has MS Vista got against gif format - static or animated????

In XP, one can set an animated gif as the desktop file. Vista sternly
responds that it is not an appropriate file format.

WTF?????

Who pays the wages of these shambling twisted horrors in the MS programming
dungeons, who display all the symptoms of having delusions of relevance?

Grrrrrrr

Paddy

Active desktop is no more.
It's a security risk they say.
There are third party programs that will allow it, or stick with an OS that
not only allows it...but supports it.

"Paddy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> What has MS Vista got against gif format - static or animated????
>
> In XP, one can set an animated gif as the desktop file. Vista sternly
> responds that it is not an appropriate file format.
>
> WTF?????
>
> Who pays the wages of these shambling twisted horrors in the MS
> programming dungeons, who display all the symptoms of having delusions of
> relevance?
>
> Grrrrrrr
>
> Paddy
>
>

Not Me wrote:
> Active desktop is no more.
> It's a security risk they say.

Thank you. Now remind me - which shambling twisted horrors wrote the
program code that facilitates the security risk that they now counter by
crippling existing features???

> There are third party programs that will allow it,

Interesting. Examples???

> or stick with an
> OS that not only allows it...but supports it.

XP on our desktops - the problem is a laptop that came preloaded with
Shitsta

Paddy

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:35:36 +1000, "Paddy" <> wrote:

>Not Me wrote:
>> Active desktop is no more.
>> It's a security risk they say.
>
>Thank you. Now remind me - which shambling twisted horrors wrote the
>program code that facilitates the security risk that they now counter by
>crippling existing features???
>
>> There are third party programs that will allow it,
>
>Interesting. Examples???
>
>> or stick with an
>> OS that not only allows it...but supports it.
>
>XP on our desktops - the problem is a laptop that came preloaded with
>Shitsta
>
>Paddy

The often heard excuse..."security" is like most things from
Microsoft, simply bullshit. While Windows Explorer (the shell) nor
it's picture viewer any longer shows animation in GIFS that support
it, Microsoft's browser still does. So that kind of blows the we did
it for security claim right out of the water.

So if you wanted you could navigate to the folder you have animated
gifs in, then right click on a file then open with IE7.

Other programs like XnView still will animate GIFS in a folder view as
you click through one after another, but will disable Aero's color
scheme dropping back to the default color scheme which shouldn't
impact the playback of the GIFS. Mine don't anyway.

"Paddy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> What has MS Vista got against gif format - static or animated????
>
> In XP, one can set an animated gif as the desktop file. Vista sternly
> responds that it is not an appropriate file format.
>
> WTF?????
>
> Who pays the wages of these shambling twisted horrors in the MS
> programming dungeons, who display all the symptoms of having delusions of
> relevance?
>
> Grrrrrrr

Why can't you just convert the GIF into a JPG or PNG, or something else a
bit more modern?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:31:39 +0100, "Paul Smith"
<> wrote:

>"Paddy" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> What has MS Vista got against gif format - static or animated????
>>
>> In XP, one can set an animated gif as the desktop file. Vista sternly
>> responds that it is not an appropriate file format.
>>
>> WTF?????
>>
>> Who pays the wages of these shambling twisted horrors in the MS
>> programming dungeons, who display all the symptoms of having delusions of
>> relevance?
>>
>> Grrrrrrr
>
>Why can't you just convert the GIF into a JPG or PNG, or something else a
>bit more modern?

And people wonder why I keep saying MVP's (in general) are dumb.

AN A-N-I-M-A-T-E-D gif does EXACTLY what the name suggests. It
animates. A JPG or PNG file can not show animation.

Microsoft, wise up and kill the MVP program. You have a bunch of
fools giving out incorrect information. How dumb is that?

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:31:39 +0100, "Paul Smith"
<> wrote:

>"Paddy" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> What has MS Vista got against gif format - static or animated????
>>
>> In XP, one can set an animated gif as the desktop file. Vista sternly
>> responds that it is not an appropriate file format.
>>
>> WTF?????
>>
>> Who pays the wages of these shambling twisted horrors in the MS
>> programming dungeons, who display all the symptoms of having delusions of
>> relevance?
>>
>> Grrrrrrr
>
>Why can't you just convert the GIF into a JPG or PNG, or something else a
>bit more modern?

Ever see an animated JPG?

"Paul Smith" <> wrote in message
news:E3283134-B0E3-4993-A7FE-...
> "Paddy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> What has MS Vista got against gif format - static or animated????
>>
>> In XP, one can set an animated gif as the desktop file. Vista sternly
>> responds that it is not an appropriate file format.
>>
>> WTF?????
>>
>> Who pays the wages of these shambling twisted horrors in the MS
>> programming dungeons, who display all the symptoms of having delusions of
>> relevance?
>>
>> Grrrrrrr
>
> Why can't you just convert the GIF into a JPG or PNG, or something else a
> bit more modern?
>

The last time you saw an animated JPG or PNG was?

Mine work just fine. I get animations sometimes when I'm not expecting
it.

Maybe the dumb ones are the bashers(ringmaster).

You know the ones that "claim" to know computers better then the people
that created them in the first place. But can't get Vista to work.

Ignorant is the term that comes to mind.

Install a codec pack proffesor. Discoveries are well within reach. Open
you eyes instead of closing your tiny mind.


--
joel406

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:03:19 -0400, "Sinner" <>
wrote:

>
>"Paul Smith" <> wrote in message
>news:E3283134-B0E3-4993-A7FE-...
>> "Paddy" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> What has MS Vista got against gif format - static or animated????
>>>
>>> In XP, one can set an animated gif as the desktop file. Vista sternly
>>> responds that it is not an appropriate file format.
>>>
>>> WTF?????
>>>
>>> Who pays the wages of these shambling twisted horrors in the MS
>>> programming dungeons, who display all the symptoms of having delusions of
>>> relevance?
>>>
>>> Grrrrrrr
>>
>> Why can't you just convert the GIF into a JPG or PNG, or something else a
>> bit more modern?
>>
>
>The last time you saw an animated JPG or PNG was?

Come on, he's a MVP, only expect him to blindly support Microsoft, not
give useful or accurate answers. That rarely happens!