APNG - Revision history

Vivivi: MIME types: added image/apng. Browser support: Updated Blink support. Specifications: Added link to APNG within PNG spec 3rd edition.

2025-08-07T02:37:40Z

MIME types: added image/apng. Browser support: Updated Blink support. Specifications: Added link to APNG within PNG spec 3rd edition.

Lucidiot: Add Kaitai Struct schema

2024-12-26T17:50:27Z

Add Kaitai Struct schema

Jsummers: Category:Animation

2024-05-23T19:01:34Z

Category:Animation

Tekkno: Software section added

2018-04-22T16:52:42Z

Software section added

Marco: /* External links */

2016-10-31T14:23:19Z

‎External links

Jsummers: PRONOM

2016-08-21T15:54:39Z

PRONOM

Jsummers: MIME types

2016-07-25T14:27:21Z

MIME types

Dan Tobias: /* Browser support */

2015-04-06T23:31:52Z

‎Browser support

Benimation: /* Browser support */ changes in browser-land

2015-04-06T16:09:01Z

‎Browser support: changes in browser-land

Jsummers: Category:Mozilla

2014-12-29T01:10:17Z

Category:Mozilla

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 |subcat=Graphics
 |extensions={{ext|png}}
-|mimetypes={{mimetype|image/vnd.mozilla.apng}}, {{mimetype|image/png}}
+|mimetypes={{mimetype|image/vnd.mozilla.apng}}, {{mimetype|image/png}}, {{mimetype|image/apng}}
 |kaitai struct=png
 |pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/935}}
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 == Browser support ==
-APNG is supported on Mozilla Firefox (Gecko layout engine) as of version 3.0 (June 17, 2008) and Safari (WebKit layout engine) as of version 8.0 (October 16, 2014). It's also supported on Firefox for Android and iOS Safari.
+APNG is supported on Mozilla Firefox (Gecko layout engine) as of version 3.0 (June 17, 2008), Safari (WebKit layout engine) as of version 8.0 (October 16, 2014), and Chrome (Blink layout engine) as of version 59 (June 5, 2017). It's also supported on Firefox for Android and iOS Safari.
-Blink layout engine based browsers like Google Chrome and Opera (post version 15) require an add-on to render APNG files.
+Blink layout engine based browsers like Google Chrome (pre version 59) and Opera (post version 15, pre version 46) require an add-on to render APNG files.
-It used to be supported natively on Opera (Presto layout engine) from version 9.5 (June 12, 2008) through version 12.17 (April 23, 2014).
+It was supported natively on Opera (Presto layout engine) from version 9.5 (June 12, 2008) through version 12.17 (April 23, 2014). Support was re-added in version 46 (Jun 20, 2017) when the Blink layout engine added APNG support.
 Microsoft Internet Explorer (Trident layout engine) does not support APNG.
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 == Specifications ==
 * [https://wiki.mozilla.org/APNG_Specification APNG Specification]
 == Sample files ==

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 |extensions={{ext|png}}
 |mimetypes={{mimetype|image/vnd.mozilla.apng}}, {{mimetype|image/png}}
 |pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/935}}
 }}

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 * [https://sites.google.com/site/cphktool/apng-anime-maker APNG Anime Maker, free software for creating APNG's]
-[[Category:Video]]
+[[Category:Animation]]
 [[Category:Mozilla]]

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 * http://littlesvr.ca/apng/samples.html
 * http://people.mozilla.com/~dolske/apng/demo.html
 == External links ==

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 == External links ==
 * [[Wikipedia:APNG|Wikipedia article]]
 * [https://sites.google.com/site/cphktool/apng-anime-maker APNG Anime Maker, free software for creating APNG's]
 [[Category:Video]]
 [[Category:Mozilla]]

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 == Browser support ==
-APNG is supported on Mozilla Firefox as of version 3.0 (June 17, 2008) and on Opera (Presto layout engine) as of version 9.5 (June 12, 2008). Internet Explorer and Safari do not support APNG. Blink layout engine based browsers Google Chrome and (post version 15) Opera require an add-on to render APNG files.
+APNG is supported on Mozilla Firefox as of version 3.0 (June 17, 2008) and Safari (WebKit layout engine) as of version 8.0 (October 16, 2014). It's also supported on Firefox for Android and iOS Safari.
 == See also ==

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 |mimetypes={{mimetype|image/png}}
 }}
-'''[[APNG]]''' is an unofficial extension of the [[PNG]] image format. It supports animation similar to animated [[GIF]].
+[[APNG]] is an unofficial extension of the [[PNG]] image format. It supports animation similar to animated [[GIF]]. The Mozilla Corporation was involved in its development.
 APNG files are valid PNG files. When an APNG file is viewed in a program that does not support the APNG extensions, it will appear as a still image chosen by the creator of the APNG file.
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 == Browser support ==
-APNG is supported on Mozilla FireFox as of version 3.0 (June 17, 2008) and on Opera (Presto layout engine) as of version 9.5 (June 12, 2008). Internet Explorer and Safari do not support APNG. Blink layout engine based browsers Google Chrome and (post version 15) Opera require an add-on to render APNG files.
+APNG is supported on Mozilla Firefox as of version 3.0 (June 17, 2008) and on Opera (Presto layout engine) as of version 9.5 (June 12, 2008). Internet Explorer and Safari do not support APNG. Blink layout engine based browsers Google Chrome and (post version 15) Opera require an add-on to render APNG files.
 == See also ==
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 [[Category:Video]]