WebP does everything GIF did, just better. The only problem is adoption. Maybe a similar, single-syllable name could have helped.
- Ends the pronunciation debate: hard G in the 1987 filetype, soft G in the 2010 one
- Looping soundless video gets a name that’s short and does not refer to a terribly inefficient format (that “gif” sharing sites often no longer use anyway), plus some wrong people have been using it already
- Software peer-pressured into supporting it (nobody wants to hear “they don’t support JIF” about their software)
Ok, but the J stands for “Google”
Jeneric Joogle Image Format
The J stand for Giraffes.
How does it feel to have the objectively best sense of humor?
Okay so Jif for shorthand and Joojif for the full spelling. Just to make a call to their original misspelling of Googol
May I suggest ‘Jiggle’?
Are you pronouncing it Giggle like you jiggle when you laugh? A chunky happy baby is a great marketing foundation. Just make some Jiggles of babies