PLEASE get PNG standardized and integrated into apps! Safari cannot print pages that use it correctly, and other apps are not using it in a standard fashion.

This could replace JPEG!

PLEASE!!!!

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png is standardized!
it's application specific implementation is shaky at times.
PNG was designed to be a royalty free replacement primarily for GIF files.
it does sometimes compete with JPEG well in terms of file size, but not always.

in the case of this patent,
if adobe paid it, you might consider paying it.
that's one company who undertands Intellectual Property issues very well.
they enoforce theirs without being evil about it, and they respect others'
microsoft is making an MBA suit-guy decision, try not to pay a dime just because your a big company and wait it out.
as big as they are, the waiting game can be profitable in keeping money in the bank longer, just like insurance companies do.
"stalling tactic"

Well, with the proliferation of broadband, bandwidth of websites is less of an issue every year. that does not mean that we need to start loading sites with heavier imagery, but it does make room for a format that has equal quality with only slightly larger file size - and no licensing issues.

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