{"id":1990,"date":"2022-03-30T22:49:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/burundi\/politique\/stephen-wilhite-linventeur-du-gif-est-mort-a-74-ans"},"modified":"2022-03-30T23:48:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T23:48:40","slug":"stephen-wilhite-linventeur-du-gif-est-mort-a-74-ans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/burundi\/toutes-les-actualites\/stephen-wilhite-linventeur-du-gif-est-mort-a-74-ans","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Wilhite, l\u2019inventeur du gif, est mort \u00e0 74\u00a0ans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Burundi. <\/strong><\/span>Il \u00e9tait le cr\u00e9ateur du gif, le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre format anim\u00e9 sur Internet, dans les ann\u00e9es 1980. Stephen Wilhite est mort du Covid-19 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 74 ans, entour\u00e9 des membres de sa famille. L&rsquo;\u00e9pouse de l&rsquo;ing\u00e9nieur informaticien, Kathaleen, a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 la nouvelle mercredi 23 mars aupr\u00e8s du m\u00e9dia The Verge. Selon sa n\u00e9crologie, le programmateur est rest\u00e9 un homme \u00ab tr\u00e8s humble et gentil \u00bb malgr\u00e9 ses r\u00e9ussites professionnelles.<\/p>\n<p>Dans les messages priv\u00e9s ou sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux, le gif (\u00ab graphic interchange format \u00bb) est devenu un \u00e9l\u00e9ment incontournable des conversations en ligne. Pour autant, Stephen Wilhite a con\u00e7u ce format de mini-vid\u00e9o en boucle pour une tout autre raison. Au d\u00e9part, cet ex-employ\u00e9 de CompuServe cherchait un moyen d&rsquo;envoyer des images en couleur en haute d\u00e9finition sans perdre en qualit\u00e9, la bande passante \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque \u00e9tant beaucoup plus lente qu&rsquo;aujourd&rsquo;hui. \u00ab Il a invent\u00e9 le gif tout seul \u2013 il l&rsquo;a fait \u00e0 la maison et l&rsquo;a mis en \u0153uvre apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;avoir perfectionn\u00e9 \u00bb, a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 son \u00e9pouse aupr\u00e8s de The Verge. Le tout premier exemple de gif (prononcez \u00ab jif \u00bb selon son inventeur) \u00e9tait une photo d&rsquo;un avion rouge (visible ici), \u00e0 la r\u00e9solution bien loin des standards actuels.<\/p>\n<p><b>Des hommages en gif<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Retrait\u00e9 depuis 2000, Stephen Wilhite a consacr\u00e9 la fin de sa vie aux voyages avec son \u00e9pouse. Son invention lui a permis de remporter le prix Webby Lifetime Achievement Award en 2013. Aupr\u00e8s du New York Times en 2013, le principal int\u00e9ress\u00e9 avait r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 son animation pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9e : celle d&rsquo;un b\u00e9b\u00e9 en train de danser en tournant sur lui-m\u00eame. De nombreux internautes n&rsquo;ont pas manqu\u00e9 d&rsquo;honorer sa m\u00e9moire sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux, \u00e0 coups de gifs bien s\u00fbr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pour plus d&rsquo;informations et d&rsquo;analyses sur la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/burundi\">Burundi<\/a>, suivez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Burundi. Il \u00e9tait le cr\u00e9ateur du gif, le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre format anim\u00e9 sur Internet, dans les ann\u00e9es 1980. Stephen Wilhite est mort du Covid-19 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 74 ans, entour\u00e9 des membres de sa famille. L&rsquo;\u00e9pouse de l&rsquo;ing\u00e9nieur informaticien, Kathaleen, a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 la nouvelle mercredi 23 mars aupr\u00e8s du m\u00e9dia The Verge. 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