With the release of iOS 8, Safari has gained the ability to display (APNGs). Originally proposed in 2004 as a replacement to animated GIF images, APNGs offers more color and transparency support over GIFs. The APNG specification, however, was rejected by the PNG group in 2007, so support for the format has been rather limited. In fact, the format has been due to the lack of official adoption. Firefox was the only major browser that , until iOS 8. The beach ball image in this article is animated when viewed in iOS 8 or Firefox.
