> Twenty years ago, PNG wasn't really supported by any popular browsers of the day, but it showed its capabilities (especially compared to GIF) and was eventually incorporated. I'm assuming that you'll also say to me "You planned to move your entire business to a feature that has thus far never been shipped by any browser?"
That's rewriting history a bit. There was a long gap between 1997 when png was added and when people started to really use it. A lot of it due to issues with transparency in internet explorer.
But yes, if you in 1996 said you were moving your entire business to png, i would similarly think that is an odd move.
More generally moving your business to something that doesn't exist yet is usually pretty dangerous. Moving your business to something that both doesn't exist and that nobody has promised to for sure implement seems downright risky.
That's rewriting history a bit. There was a long gap between 1997 when png was added and when people started to really use it. A lot of it due to issues with transparency in internet explorer.
But yes, if you in 1996 said you were moving your entire business to png, i would similarly think that is an odd move.
More generally moving your business to something that doesn't exist yet is usually pretty dangerous. Moving your business to something that both doesn't exist and that nobody has promised to for sure implement seems downright risky.