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Multiple-image Network Graphics
The ambitious, complex, and largely obsolete animated cousin of PNG.
MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics) was designed as the animated equivalent of the PNG format. Just as PNG was created to replace GIF for static images, MNG was intended to replace GIF for animations, offering superior compression, full alpha transparency, and complex features like nested loops and sprites. However, its complexity led to poor adoption.
MNG is a stream-based format that shares the same chunk structure as PNG. It can contain embedded PNG (lossless) or JNG (JPEG-based) images. Unlike a simple filmstrip, MNG is a scriptable animation format; it supports 'sprites', frame deltas (only updating changed pixels), and complex composition rules.
Published in 2001 by the creators of PNG. Despite high hopes, browser vendors (like Mozilla) eventually removed support due to the large code footprint and complexity of the library (libmng). The simpler APNG format won the browser war for 'animated images'.
Icon File
A generic, often ambiguous extension for icon resources.
The `.icon` file extension is a generic identifier for icon images. Unlike the strictly defined `.ico` (Windows Icon), `.icon` is often used in Unix/Linux environments or by tools like ImageMagick as a catch-all alias for various icon formats (including Sun Icon, XBM, or simply renamed ICO files). It is not a standardized format itself but a convention for naming icon resources.
The internal structure of an `.icon` file depends entirely on what created it. It might be a standard Microsoft ICO container with multiple sizes and color depths. It might be a persistent X11 bitmap (XPM). Or it might be a Sun Raster file used for icons on Solaris systems. Because of this ambiguity, it requires a robust viewer that detects format by 'magic bytes' rather than extension.
In the early days of GUI desktops (SunOS, IRIX, early X11), there wasn't a single unified icon standard like Windows .ico. The `.icon` extension served as a descriptive label for files intended to be used as desktop icons, regardless of their underlying binary format.
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