Does only GIF support animation

animated gifimages

Is GIF the only major image format that supports animation?

With GIF images being a relatively poor quality format, why are they the only one that supports animation in most viewers / browsers?

Best Answer

Taken from the Meta Topic on Post Formatting, an animated SVG file:


Image author: Pumbaa80 via Wikimedia

NOTE: This is not widely as accepted as GIF, so things like some versions of Internet Explorer will show the image by default but it will not be animated.

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