Technical .gif filetype saving question

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Posted by Kirby on May-27-2002 17:08:

Technical .gif filetype saving question

Why is it that some of the animated images that people (I don't know where they originally come from) post are weird to save onto your computer? Like, what if you want to save an internet picture, in this case, a small animated smiley, and it's obviously a .gif, but it saves as a bmp? You can even right click the image, go to properties and go to the address of the image specified there, and even though the address itself indicates explicitely that it's a .gif, it still tries to defaultly save itself as a .bmp. Why is this?

Posted by flystyler on May-27-2002 17:19:

This just seems to be a bug, i have had the same probs with jpg files, they try and save as bmp files. Try copying the link and opening it in a new window, that may work

But it can be annoying

Posted by goldenarmZ on May-27-2002 19:37:

i've never noticed that... just rename it after you download it

Posted by Kirby on May-27-2002 19:47:

Yeah, I know how to get around it and rename files and stuff, but I am still curious as to why it is happening at all...is it a security issue, so that images aren't easily downloaded on purpose? l8r...

Posted by goldenarmZ on May-27-2002 20:43:

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Originally posted by Kirby is it a security issue, so that images aren't easily downloaded on purpose? l8r...

thats probably what microsoft would say if you asked them, lol.. but my guess is it's just a bug