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Subject:Re: Hard/Soft 'G' in GIF From:Kent Dannehl <kdannehl -at- STARFISHSOFTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:44:00 -0800
you know...
it's entirely possible that both are correct.
kent
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From: Linda Castellani[SMTP:castle -at- CRL -dot- COM]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 1996 7:10 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Hard/Soft 'G' in GIF
Ah yes, the pesky hard G or the soft G??
I had assumed the hard G myself, but everyone else I heard saying
it used the soft G. When I started using the soft G, I got a few odd
looks, but no comments.
So far, when the discussion is in writing, people lean toward
hard G for exactly the reason most people gave: it stands for graphics,
with a hard G. But in verbal conversations, people say soft G. I remain
confused.
