tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397115249631682228.post6182320494064922055..comments2024-03-29T05:41:44.373+01:00Comments on Sander van der Burg's blog: IFF file format experimentsSander van der Burghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12718166966821611609noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397115249631682228.post-17901352674034879362020-04-02T19:54:51.441+02:002020-04-02T19:54:51.441+02:00I can't include any of them in the package if ...I can't include any of them in the package if they are not in the public domain and I'm also not artist myself.<br /><br />However, there are variety of public resources on the internet. For example, this website contains quite a lot of artwork including many IFF/ILBM files:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/amiga.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/amiga.html</a><br />Sander van der Burghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718166966821611609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397115249631682228.post-43372309616807558252020-03-23T15:13:09.471+01:002020-03-23T15:13:09.471+01:00Would have been lovely if there were sample downlo...Would have been lovely if there were sample downloadable IFF images... :)fyngyrzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10609909498498355812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397115249631682228.post-58431870607596359662012-06-22T21:15:53.221+02:002012-06-22T21:15:53.221+02:00Haha yes indeed :-), but speaking about nostalgic:...Haha yes indeed :-), but speaking about nostalgic: Many file formats in use nowadays still follow the same principles. The PNG format which is "modern" uses a similar organisation with chunks and sizes, although it is not an IFF application format.<br /> <br />So in my opinion, several ideas developed in the past aren't that bad. This solution is simple, elegant and practical.<br /><br />Nowadays, I have the impression that modern developers have forgotten about these lessons and solve problems in a much crappier way.<br /><br />I still remember this "XML hype" period, in which every body thought that defining your file format as an XML application made everything 10 times better or so (which is ridiculous of course). I also remember this advertisement from a big software company claiming that the "new XML transaction system" saves customers a nickel for every transaction.<br /><br />And it was fun to do this experiment, don't ask me why. Sometimes, I like to do "fun oriented programming" (as you call it). The "bigger experiment" is even more interesting but I'll reveal about this once I have anything interesting to show.Sander van der Burghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718166966821611609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397115249631682228.post-37716536055609978362012-06-22T17:46:26.699+02:002012-06-22T17:46:26.699+02:00Wow, this is really nostalgic: reminds me of my ea...Wow, this is really nostalgic: reminds me of my early hacking days, when if we wanted to parse a file, we needed first to reverse engineer its format from available files and from tracing the code of the viewer ;)Spiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222038272608154261noreply@blogger.com