Re: [Freeciv-Dev] png versus xpm
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On 19 Mar 1999, John Goerzen wrote:
:Martin Willemoes Hansen <mwh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
:
:> Hi Freecivers!
:>
:> Anybody read slashdot l8ly? A nice article about png was there.
:>
:> Looks like png has lots of nice features.
:
:Indeed, but I'm not quite sure if there is any particular purpose for
:them in freeciv at this time.
:
maybe not "at this time," but in the future it could be very good for
freeciv. Once the PNG book comes out (granted someone buys it and learns
how to implement PNG in freeciv), then we can look at this more seriously.
the transparency, alpha channels, color depth, and palette support are
awesome and could bring our graphics up to the next level.
cameron
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