CompuServe encouraged the adoption of GIF by providing downloadable conversion utilities for many computers. By December 1987, for example, an Apple IIGS user could view pictures created on an Atari ST or Commodore 64. GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites, the other being the black-and-white XBM.
CompuServe encouraged the adoption of GIF by providing downloadable conversion utilities for many computers By December 1987 for example an Apple IIGS user could view pictures created on an Atari ST or Commodore 64 GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites the other being the black-and-white XBM