The Tiniest GIF Ever
Great write up and +1 kudos to author for diving into the details.<p>For the mere mortals out there looking to make their GIF, JPEG, and PNG images smaller (and websites faster), I highly recommend ImageOptim (<a href="http://imageoptim.com/" rel="nofollow">http://imageoptim.com/</a>). This Mac-only tool combines all of the libraries below to compress your images down to the (nearly if not the) smallest, cross-system compatible size.<p>If you're Mac based, try this:<p>* ImageOptim <a href="http://imageoptim.com/" rel="nofollow">http://imageoptim.com/</a><p>If you're Linux based, try these:<p>* PNGOut - <a href="http://www.advsys.net/ken/util/pngout.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.advsys.net/ken/util/pngout.htm</a><p>* advpng - <a href="http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-advpng.html" rel="nofollow">http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-advpng.html</a><p>* pngcrush - <a href="http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/" rel="nofollow">http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/</a><p>* optipng - <a href="http://optipng.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://optipng.sourceforge.net/</a><p>* jpegoptim - <a href="http://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/projects.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/projects.html</a><p>* gifsicle - <a href="http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/</a>