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RT @mashable: GIF vs. JIF: Does It Even Matter? [COMIC] http://t.co/D4hI3ouHth
May 25, 2013
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GIF vs. JIF: Does It Even Matter? [COMIC]
At the Webby Awards this week, Steve Wilhite, father of the Graphics Interchange Format, used his five-word acceptance speech to end a popular debate: It's pronounced "JIF," not "GIF." Unsurprisingly, this outraged many Internet users. In this comic, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech illustrate a different position - that neither is wrong, exactly.