<s>
GIFBuilder	B-Application
was	O
an	O
early	O
animated	O
GIF	O
creation	O
program	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Yves	O
Piguet	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
freeware	B-License
applications	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
GIF	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIFBuilder	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
that	O
year	O
won	O
the	O
Ziff	O
Davis	O
Shareware	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
Graphics	O
and	O
Multimedia	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIFBuilder	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
from	O
clip2gif	O
,	O
an	O
earlier	O
program	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
author	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
an	O
Apple	O
Event-based	O
CGI	B-Language
script	I-Language
for	O
generating	O
GIF	O
images	O
on	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
Macintosh	B-Device
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
using	O
the	O
Carbon	B-Operating_System
(	O
API	O
)	O
library	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
to	O
function	O
with	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
after	O
Lion	B-Application
.	O
</s>
