As of Version 2.0, the Netscape Navigator supports what are known as animated GIF images. Netscape 2.0, however, can recognize multi-frame GIFs, and will play them as an animation sequence. Users with slower machines will find that GIF animations will really bog down their computers. Creating Animated GIFs You will require special software to create an animate GIF sequence. In general, you prepare the animation as a collection of single GIF images, and then paste them together using a GIF animation tool.
Available software is discussed below.
There is a wonderful resource collection on animated GIFs, provided by Royal Frazier. This contains a detailed tutorial on the GIF97 and GIF89A file structures, tutorials on creating animated GIFs, lists of software to help you in this process, and a gallery of animated GIFs created by Royal and others. If you look down in this page you will find a Table of Contents listing this web site's contents. This contains a listing of platform-specific software, and is where you should go if searching for GIF animation software. A large list of links to sites using animated GIFs.