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PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation
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Animated PNG has been trying to be an extension to the PNG spec for 20+ years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
Right there's actually like a select few applications that support it which is cool, but so many get confused when they see an apng file with frames.
Probably still more supported than Webp and Webm
Yep, it was one of the ways to have an animated avatar on BB forums.
Most recently, I have seen them being used in animated chat stickers (like on Signal).