Lolu chungechunge lwe izithombe ezihambayo eziphindaphindwayo ku-loop zinegama le-GIF futhi kulo nyaka u-2017 uphawula iminyaka engama-30 selokhu yavela, emuva ngo-1987, njengefomethi elula yokuxhumana okwakukhona ngaleso sikhathi nokuthi sekuthandwa kakhulu kwi-intanethi nokuxhumana phakathi kwabasebenzisi bezinkundla zokuxhumana kuze kube namuhla.
Ngo-1986 ukuthuthukiswa kwe-GIF kwaqala futhi inkampani eyaqala ekuqaleni ngokwakhiwa kwayo Ukulonda, ebikwazile ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokuqala online futhi evumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bakwazi ukufinyelela ku- amagumbi okuxoxa, izinkundla zokuxhumana noma imininingwane yamasheya ngemodemu ababenayo.
I-GIF yaba yinto yengxoxo ethile ezikhathini zakhe zokuqala zokuphila
Lona inqubo yokucindezela Ngangiyisebenzisa ngo-1985 yayethulwe yimboni ye-Unisys, okuyilapho iCompuServe yathi ayazi lutho ngayo. Futhi akwenzekanga kwaze kwaba ngu-1994, okuyilapho kwenzeka khona lokho lezi zinkampani ezimbili zihlanganisiwe futhi inkampani i-Unisys yamemezela lokho bekufanele kuvunyelwe ukusetshenziswa kwefomethi enelayisense ngokushintshanisa inani elincane ezindaweni zezentengiso.
Umuntu oqale ukwenza lezi izithombe ezihambayo noma I-GIF, wayenza njengendlela yokwethula izithombe ezimile futhi kwakungunjiniyela uSteve Wilhite. Ngale ndlela, umphathi wakhe uSandy Trevor wayefuna ukumsiza ekuxazululeni izinkinga ezimbili ezinkulu ayenazo ngaleso sikhathi.
I-Wilhite yenza i-GIF isuselwa kumthetho olandelwayo wokuminyanisa okungazange kulahle igama le-Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW), ekwazile ukuba ngoMeyi 1987 inguqulo yayo yokuqala elungele ngokuphelele, okwakuwumfanekiso wendiza.
Ngaphambi kokuthi uSir Tim Berners-Lee asungule i- Iwebhu yomhlaba jikelele Futhi ngemuva kokuthi isiphequluli sikaMoses senze ukuthi sithandwa kakhulu, i-GIF yavela eminyakeni emibili ngaphambili, njengoba babefuna ukukwenza, futhi-ke bakwazile ukunikeza izithombe ezifundisayo namashadi wamasheya ngosayizi wefayela owehlisiwe.
Kodwa-ke, kusukela ngonyaka we-1994 kuya ku-1995, bekuyisikhathi lapho abantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba baqala ukuzakhela amakhasi abo wewebhu kumasayithi afana neGeocities, okwenza lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yi-GIF craze moment, ukuze ifomethi nomsebenzi we dala izithombe ezigqwayizayo ngendlela yeluphu yaba yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kuleyo minyaka yokuqala.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka yama-90 kanye nekhulu lama-XNUMX kube nokwanda kwamaGeocities, ahambisana nezizathu ezazimelwe futhi okwenza i-GIF ihlale ihlangana nobumnandi.
I-GIF ingalayishwa ngomunye walezi zibali sikhathi zokuqala abaklami bamakhasi web yesikhathi, kusetshenziswa amamodemu amadala angama-56k, ngesikhathi esincane esincane.
Kodwa-ke, isimo sokusabalala kwe-GIF, saba nokuphela ngokushesha njengokuqala kwayo futhi ukuthi eminyakeni yokuqala yekhulu lama-XXI, njengoba ukwakhiwa kwewebhu kwakushintsha, lezi animations zazinyamalala, ngaphandle kokuthi ngo-1997 nango-1998 amalungelo obunikazi e-GIF aphelelwa yisikhathi, okwenza ukuthi abanye abathuthukisi bedijithali njengo-Olia Lialina, uthathe ithuba lokuphenya ngemisebenzi yale fomethi futhi ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo bonke, bakwazile ukutakula i-GIF ngokuyiguqula ibe yifomethi ngokunakekela okwengeziwe, njengendlela yokuxhumana okubukwayo.
Kodwa-ke, ngokubheka konke okwenzekile, i-GIF ikwazile ukuhlala kwi-inthanethi. Yize ye- abantu abanjengo-Adam Leibsohn nezinkampani ezinjenge-CEO yeGiphy, imelela ukuba yifomethi yokuhlubuka, ngoba inika abasebenzisi ithuba lokushicilela lezi zithombe ezindaweni lapho bekungafanele babe khona.
Naphezu kwakho konke nanamuhla, i-GIF ibuyile ngenxa yamapulatifomu amaningi atholakala ku-intanethi. Amanethiwekhi omphakathi adumile afana ne-Facebook ne-Twitter kanye nemidiya eningi efana ne-Buzzfeed isebenzise ukusetshenziswa kwayo.
Futhi ukusizakala nge I-GIF iba neminyaka engama-30, siqamba ezinye ezaziwa kakhulu njengoMichael Jackson edla ama-popcorn noKermit isele elithayipha ngokulangazelela ukubhala umshini wokubhala.