GIF's limit your colors to 256, and introduce dithering, which you can see in your photo, to create the look of more colors. If you use a high quality JPEG for photos, the file size will be smaller and the quality will be much better (no dither). Basically, GIF for graphic images, Logos etc. and JPEG for photos. GIF Wizard - On-Line Gif Reduction

GIF87A

GIF87a - Format # Bitmap File Standards - BMP, TIFF, GIF & JPEG

GIF89a/ANIMATED GIFs INFO

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HTML INFO

HTML COLOR CODES

HTML SPECIAL CHARACTERS

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HTML 4.0 INFO

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I18N INFO

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JAD - JAva Decompiler

Jad - the fast JAva Decompiler

JAKARTA

Jakarta "Taglibs" Project Validator - Jakarta Commons Project

JAVA INFO

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JBUILDER, Borland's

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JUnit - Testing Resources for Extreme Programming

JUnit ORG Benefits to be derived from using testing tools such as JUnit, DUnit, NUnit or CppUnit

Java Specifications

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JPEG INFO

Basically JPEG for photos and GIF for graphic images, Logos etc.. If you use a high quality JPEG, the file size will be smaller than a GIF and the quality will be much better (no dither). GIF's limit your colors to 256, and introduce dithering, which you can see in your photos, to create the look of more colors.

Microsoft shows off JPEG rival Bitmap File Standards - BMP, TIFF, GIF & JPEG