Announcing a #FirstPublicWorkingDraft of the PNG specification in its 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a raster image format that was first developed in 1994 by an informal group outside W3C, as an improvement to the existing GIF and TIFF #timetogiveinput
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Oct 25, 2022 · 1:25 PM UTC

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Completely backwards compatible with millions of PNG graphics conforming to the older (2003) 2nd edition, this document addresses reported errata and adds much-requested new features such as coding-independent code points, support for EXIF #metadata and #APNG (animated PNG):
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PNG was first issued as a W3C Recommendation in Oct. 1996, and this is the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 document published by a very young W3C, 26 years ago 😉 Historical moment: check the related @w3c press release w3.org/Press/PNG-PR.en.html and the PNG logo designed at that time
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A big advantage of PNG over GIF is that none of its inventors made any claim about whether the G is hard or soft! theatlantic.com/technology/a…

If You Pronounce GIF with a Hard G, You Must Be New to the Internet

The New York Times won't resolve the GIF pronunciation debate. But the war is won, even if the battle ensues. GIF is pronounced with a soft G, and if you think otherwise, you are wrong.

theatlantic.com
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The PNG #WorkingGroup will continue to refine and maintain the PNG spec, incl. handling newly reported bugs, tracking implementations, etc. Please give feedback in the #GitHub repo where the PNG specification is developed: github.com/w3c/PNG-spec/

GitHub - w3c/PNG-spec: Maintenance of the PNG specification

Maintenance of the PNG specification. Contribute to w3c/PNG-spec development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
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Replying to @w3cdevs
I encourage you not to use fake serif text for emphasis. Some users will never know it is there, others will have a terrible experience. Ref: adrianroselli.com/2021/10/re…
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thanks, this clearly was a mistake
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